Measuring in Science Review

Tools

100

What tool is used to measure the length of an object?

Ruler, Meter Stick, or Tape measure 

200

What tool and unit of measurement do we use for measuring time?

stopwatch or clock, seconds

300

What unit of measurement do we use in science for the mass of an object?

Grams (g)

400

When measuring the temperature of a liquid, what unit of measurement should you use?

Celsius or Kelvin

500

What tool is used to measure the volume of a liquid?

Graduated Cylinder 

Conveting

100

What are the metric conversion prefixes in order from LARGEST to SMALLEST?

Kilo, Hecto, Deka, Base, Deci, Centi, Milli

200

Convert 57 Kilograms to Dekagrams.

5,700 Dekagrams

300

Convert 0.000139 Hectometers to Centimeters.

1.39 Centimeters

400

6,824 Centigrams to Kilograms

0.06824 Kilograms

500

Is 900 decigrams greater than, less than or equal to 9 centigrams?

Equal to

Scientific Notation

100

Put 54,000 in scientific notation.

5.4 x 10⁴

200

Put 680 in scientific notation. 

6.8 x 10²

300

Put 0.000316 in scientific notation.

3.16 x 10^-4

400

What is 9.4 x 10³ in long form?

9,400

500

What is 4.46 x 10^-5 in long form?

0.0000446

Graphing

100

What type of graph should we use if we have data for what students favorite soda is? 

Bar Graph

200

If one of our variables is time, which axis should it go on?

X-axis

300

Which variable is the one that you can change/manipulate?

Independent

400

Which variable goes on the y-axis?

Dependent

500

If I have data over an experiment where someone counted the number of different bugs they found in garden, what would my independent and dependent variable be? 

Independent: Types of Bugs

Dependent: Number of (each type of) bugs counted

Random

100

Out of these Prefixes, which is the SMALLEST?

Deci, Kilo, Hecto, Centi, Deka

Centi-

200

Put 8,940,000,000 into scientific notation.

8.94 x 10⁹

300

Convert 66 Kiloliters to Deciliters

660,000 Deciliters

400

True or False. 

For your data to be precise that means that you have similar or closely repeated measurements. 

True

500

If the accepted value for the boiling point of water is 100^o Celsius, and my lab measurements were: 101^o, 100^o, 99^o, 100^o, 99^o, and 101^o...is my data accurate? 

Yes