Integrated Science: Benchmark #1

1) Calculate the volume of a rectangular prism that has a height of 5cm, a width of 3cm, and a length of 4cm.

• 60cm³
• 60cm
• 12cm³
• 12cm

2) What is the base metric unit of measurement for length?

• a. meter
• b. liter
• c. gram
• d. second

3) Water displacement is used to measure _____.

• a. length
• b. mass
• c. volume
• d. area

4) Which graph is best used to track changes over short and long periods of time?

• a. area graph
• b. perimeter graph
• c. pie graph
• d. line graph

5) In a line graph, where does the independent variable go?

• a. the title
• b. the X-axis
• c. the Y-axis
• d. the key

6) A hypothesis must be _____.

• a. proven correct
• b. testable
• c. observed
• d. experimental

7) Scientists test a hypothesis by _____.

• a. formulating questions
• b. designing models
• c. doing experiments
• d. drawing conclusions

8)What do we call the group that remains unaltered in an experiment?

• a. control group
• b. independent variable
• c. dependent variable
• d. resulting factor

9) When observing a specimen using a microscope, you should first begin with the _____ adjustment knob.

• a. coarse
• b. ligh
• c. fine
• d. base

10) What is the total magnification if we use a magnification of 10X with a 10X ocular lens?

• a. 10 times larger
• b. 20 times larger
• c. 100 times larger
• d. 1000 times larger