Science

Tools

100

An instrument for measuring and indicating temperature

What is a thermometer?

200

A measuring device that reads and displays the weight of an object on a digital screen.

What is a digital scale?

300

An optical instrument used for viewing very small objects, such as mineral samples or animal or plant cells, typically magnified several hundred times.

What is a microscope?

400

A tall narrow container with a volume scale used especially for measuring liquids.

What is a graduated cylinder?

500

A device with very high magnification and resolution, employing electron beams in place of light and using electron lenses. Used to view things in their smallest particles.

What is an electron microscope?

Units of Measurement

100

According the International System of Units, the base unit of length is measured in _____________.

What is meters?

200

According the International System of Units, the base unit of mass is measured in _____________.

What is grams?

300

According the International System of Units, the base unit of volume is measured in _____________.

What is liters?

400

kilo-, deci-, centi-, milli-

What are prefixes for metric measurement?

500

length x width, x height

What is the equation for finding volume? 

Properties of Matter

100

Anything that is made up of atoms, has mass (weight) and has volumes (takes up space). 

What is matter?

200

A property of matter that can be observed or measured to describe a substance and that does not describe its ability to interact with and form other substances

What is physical property?

300

Mass, Volume, Temperature, State, Malleability, Ductility, Electrical Conductivity, Thermal Conductivity, Magnetism, Solubility

What are examples of physical property?

400

A property of matter that describes the ability of a substance to interact with other substances and form new substances.

What is chemical property?

500

Flammability, Toxicity, Acidity, Reactivity, Heat of Combustion

What are chemical properties?

Atoms

100

The smallest particle of an element.

What is an atom?

200

The weight of an atom in AMUs.

What is atomic mass?

300

The number of protons in an atom's nucleus.

What is atomic number?

400

Subatomic particles in the nucleus of an atom.

What are neutrons and protons(+)?

500

A negatively charged subatomic particle located outside the nucleus of an atom.

What is an electron?

Hodge-Podge

100

A pure substance that is made up of only one type of atom

What is an element?

200

A representation of elements on the periodic table; ex: He, N, C, O, etc. 

What are chemical symbols?

300

multiply by 1000, 0.1, 0.01, 0.001

What are the meanings of kilo-, deci-, centi-, and milli-

400

A tabular arrangement of the chemical elements by increasing atomic number which displays the elements so that one may see trends in their properties.

What is the Periodic Table of Elements?

500

The area around the nucleus of an atom where electrons are most likely located?

What is an electron cloud?