Scientific Tools

A tool used to measure forces like gravity or a push or a pull

• Beaker

• Balance

• Graduated Cylinder

• Spring scale

A tool used to measure volume

• Beaker

• Spring scale

• Graduated cylinder

• Balance

The amount of matter in an object

• Balance

• Mass

• Density

• Volume

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

A tool used to find the mass of an object

• Beaker

• Balance

• Spring scale

• Hand lens

Tags

NGSS.5-PS1-2

A tool used to mix and heat substances

• Beaker

• Balance

• Graduated cylinder

• Spring scale

The amount of space an object takes up

• Mass

• Density

• Volume

• Balance

How closely packed the molecules are within an object

• Mass

• Volume

• Balance

• Density

Used to find the volume of an irregular shaped object (like a rock)

• Volume

• Mass

• Balance

• Displacement

A tool used to make small objects look bigger

• Hand lens

• Graduated cylinder

• Spring scale

• Balance

Tags

NGSS.4-PS4-2

The measure of the pull of gravity on an object

• Mass

• Density

• Weight

• Balance

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4