Reading Graduated Cylinders

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 volume of the liquid in this graduated cylinder?

• 19 mL 

• 35 mL 

• 24 mL 

• 1.9 mL

What is the volume of the liquid in this graduated cylinder?

• 43 mL 

• 30.7 mL 

• 37 mL 

• 38 mL

What is the volume of the liquid in this graduated cylinder?

• 8.6 mL 

• 86 mL 

• 8.06 mL 

• .86 mL

What is the volume of the liquid in this graduated cylinder?

• 21 mL 

• 2.1 mL 

• .21 mL 

• 2.01 mL

What is measured with a graduated cylinder?

• Passage of time

• Distance from one thing to another

• Weight of an object

• Volume of liquid

What is this?

• Measuring tube

• Test tube

• Graduated Cylinder

• Pipette

What is the volume of the water?

• 25 mL

• 30 mL

• 33 mL

• 35 mL

Tags

NGSS.5-PS1-2

• 439.02
• 437.21
• 437.02

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

What is the primary purpose of a graduated cylinder in a laboratory setting?

• To measure the mass of a substance

• To measure the volume of a liquid

• To measure the temperature of a solution

• To measure the pH of a solution