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Vocabulary
Mass
Volume
Mass v. Volume
Grab Bag
100

What is a graduated cylinder?

a tool used to measure volume

100
What is mass?
the amount of matter inside an object
100

What is volume?

the amount of space an object takes up

100
Which is related to weight? Mass or volume
mass
100
1000 grams = ____ kilograms
1
200

What is a pan balance?

a tool used to measure mass that shows when amounts are equal

200
Is it easier to find the mass of a solid or liquid?
solid
200
Is it easier to find the volume of a solid or liquid?
liquid
200

Which property would I need to find if I am trying to figure out how much space an object takes up? 

volume

200
1000 milliliters = ____ liters
1
300

What is the water displacement method ? 

Water displacement happens when an object is submerged in a fluid and the fluid is pushed out of the way (or displaced) to make room for the object. The amount of water displaced is directly related to the volume of the object. 

300

When finding the mass of a solid, you have to do what math operation (addition or subtraction) to help you?

addition 

300

When finding the volume of a solid, you have to do what math operation (addition or subtraction) to help you?

subtraction 

300
Which is measured in grams or kilograms?
mass
300

What other tool could you use to measure mass? 

spring scale 

400
What is a hypothesis?
an educated guess a scientist makes before starting an experiment
400
If both sides of the pan balance are equal... The box on one side has a mass of 20g, how much is the mass of the flower pot on the other side?
20 g
400
A graduated cylinder reads 100 mL of a liquid. You add the solid and the liquid level raises to 130 mL. What is the volume of the solid?
30 mL
400
Which is measured in milliliters or liters?
volume
400

If I had 3 Kg of nickels and 3,001g of pennies, which would have more mass? 

The pennies 

500

What is matter? 

Matter is anything that has mass and takes up space/or has volume. 

500

If the sides of the pan balance are unequal... Side A is almost touching the table and side B is high in the air. What can you conclude about the two objects? 

Side A has more mass than Side B. 

500
A graduated cylinder reads 100 mL of a liquid. You add the solid and the liquid level raises to 240 mL. What is the volume of the solid?
140 mL
500

How are mass and volume related? 

They are both measurable properties of matter.

500

Would a basketball and bowling ball have different volumes or the same?

The same because they are roughly the same size, so they would take up the same amount of space