Density & measurements

Name this instrument

• Calipher

• Spindle

• Micrometer

• Frame

The best measurement for the pencil length is

• 10.0 cm
• 10.00 cm
• 10 cm
• 100.0 mm

What is the apparatus best used to measure volume?

• triple beam balance

• ruler

• thermometer

• measuring cylinder

What is this apparatus to get mass?

• balance

• ruler

• thermometer

• graduate cylinder

The water often curves down in a graduated cylinder. What is the scientific term for that curve?

• polarity
• water curve
• hypothesis
• meniscus

Where do we read the level of liquid?

• The highest point the liquid touches.
• The bottom of the meniscus.
• Half way between, we make an educated guess and round it.
• Somewhere about there.

What is the correct value?

• 5 ml
• 15 ml
• 20 ml
• 25 ml

Tags

CCSS.3.MD.A.2

You must read measurements at eye level to avoid which error?

• Parallax

• Measurement

• Reading

• Height

What error is shown in the image above?

• Parallax error

• Reading error

• Systematic error

• Measurement error

Put the liquids in order from most dense to least dense?

• 4, 3, 2, 1
• 1, 2, 3, 4
• 3, 4, 2, 1, 
• 4, 3, 1, 2

Tags

NGSS.5-PS1-3