is 1/1000 of a liter; 1000 milliliters equal 1 liter
What is milliliter?
100
a state of matter that fills all parts of a container
What is gas?
100
Why is it important to use a standard unit when making measurements?
So that other people can understand what you saw (observed, measured, or did).
200
a guess based on experience and information
What is prediction?
200
a transparent cylinder marked with evenly spaced lines for determinig the volumes of liquids
What is graduated cylinder?
200
a state of matter that flows and fills its container to a level
What is liquid?
200
What is the best unit to use when recording the mass of a bicycle?
kilogram
200
What are the characteristics of solids?
They have a definite shape unless you do something to change it, like bend it, or cut it, and it forms a pile.
300
the standard unit of mass in the metric system
What is gram?
300
the stuff everything is made of
What is matter?
300
the volume of fludd (such as water) a container can hold when full
What is capacity?
300
Orenda and Akia each used marbles to weigh the same apple. Both used the correct procedure. Their results were this: Orenda says the apple weighs 35 marbles and Akia says the apple weighs 60 marbles. Since they weighed the same apple, why do you think they got different results?
The marbles were probably different sizes.
300
What are the characteristics of liquids?
flows and fills the container to a level, doesn't form a pile.
400
a cylinder and piston system used to draw up, measure, and transfer liquids
What is syringe?
400
the three-dimensional space occupied by something
What is volume?
400
a measure of how much stuff is in an object
What is mass?
400
Orenda and Akia each used marbles to weigh the same apple. Both used the correct procedure. Their results were this: Orenda says the apple weighs 35 marbles and Akia says the apple weighs 60 marbles. What could they do to make their results more useful for other students?
They should use a standard unit of mass, like grams.
400
What are the characteristics of gases?
completely fills the container it is in, can't be left in an open container
500
1000 grams
What is kilogram?
500
a tool used for weighing objects
What is a balance?
500
the standard in the metric system for measuring volumes of fluids
What is liter?
500
A graduated cylinder is used for measuring what?
volume
500
How is mass measured?
Use a balance to compare unknown masses to known masses.