9-26 Measurement and Safety Review

Nina and her mother both have cell phones. Nina thinks her cell phone is lighter than her mother’s. If Nina wants to compare the masses of the cell phones, what is the best tool for her to use?

• balance
• thermometer
• graduated cylinder
• beaker

Use the graduated cylinders pictured to answer the following questions. The image to the side shows two graduated cylinders. Graduated cylinder A shows a volume (mL) of water without a fish. Graduated cylinder B shows the same cylinder after a fish is added. What is the volume of the water in graduated cylinder A, pictured?

• A. 30 mL
• B. 38 mL
• C. 32 mL
• D. 40 mL

Use the graduated cylinders pictured to answer the following questions. The image to the side shows two graduated cylinders. Graduated cylinder A shows a volume (mL) of water without a fish. Graduated cylinder B shows the same cylinder after a fish is added. What is the volume of the fish as seen in graduated cylinder B, pictured?

• A. 38 mL
• B. 70 mL
• C. 18 mL
• D. 6 mL

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I calculated the volume of the fish by ....

• I looked at the height of the fish’s fin in the graduated cylinder
• I looked at the total volume of the water in the graduated cylinder after the fish was added
• I added the volume of cylinder A and cylinder B together
• I subtracted the volume of cylinder A from the volume of cylinder B

What is a measure of the amount of space that a substance or an object takes up called?

• weight
• mass
• density
• volume

The volume of a liquid can be measured with a

• graduated cylinder.
• pan balance.
• scale.
• metric ruler.

What is the proper way to find the volume of an irregular shaped solid object?

• length X Width X height
• Triple Beam Balance
• Water displacement.

Heat transfers from __________ areas to ___________ areas

• warmer to cooler
• cooler to warmer
• heat does not move
• lower temp to higher temp

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Mass measures the amount of _______ in a substance or an object.

• gravity
• space
• vapour
• matter

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Using the enlarged metric ruler segment shown below, what is the length of the blue line in centimeters?

• 10 cm
• 5 mm
• 1.8 cm
• 18 cm