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1
What is the amount of space something occupies called?
Mass
Length
Volume
Distance
2
What is the study of space called?
Oceanography
Geology
Astronomy
Meteorology
3
What is the measuring device we used to precisely measure liquid volume in the lab called?
Balance
Graduated cylinder
Flask
Bowl
4
Name a scientific theory that has been proven.
Trick question - there are none (and there never can be!)
Gravity
Newton's 1st law
Ptolmy Model
5
What is the study of weather called?
Geology
Meteorology
Hydrosphere
Atmosphere
6
What can you do to make a pendulum swing faster?
Shorten it.
Add mass
Lengthen it.
Drop at higher angle.
7
What is the response to changes in the independent variable called?
Hypothesis
Control
Independent variable
Dependent variable
8
Once a scientist has thought of a question, what step follows in the scientific method?
Proposes an answer
He or she proposes a hypothesis
Experiment
Control
9
What is the prefix that means millions?
nano
Mega
milli
Giga
10
What is a hypothesis tested with?
Observation
An experiment
Measurement
Conclusion
11
Which of the following is most permanent?
Scientific theory
Idea
laws of nature
12
What is the measuring device we used to measure mass in the lab called?
Graduated cylinder
Balance
13
What type of graph would you use to show Earth’s average temperature over the last 500 years?
Circle
Line
Bar
14
What is the International System unit of distance?
Inch
Mile
Meter
Kelvin
15
What is the prefix that means thousandths?
Milli
Nano
Centi
Deci
16
What is the study of ancient life called?
Paleontology
Classical studies
Geology
History
17
An examination of some part of nature using any of the 5 senses is known as what?
Theory
Hypothesis
An observation
Control
18
How many independent variables should there be in an experiment?
4
2
3
1
19
What type of graph would you use to show how tall a group of plants grew over time?
Line
Circle
Bar
20
What is the prefix that means hundredths?
Deci
Centi
Milli
Nano
21
What is the prefix that means tenths?
Milli
Nano
Deci
Hecta
22
What is the International System unit of mass?
Liter
Weight
Ounce
kilogram
23
What is the International System unit of volume?
Cubic inch
Mass
Liter (or, officially, the cubic meter)
Kilogram
24
What is the International System unit of temperature ?
Fahrenheit
Absolute Zero
Kelvin
Celsius
25
What is the study of the Earth called?
Meteorology
Geosphere
Geology
Atmosphere
26
What is the study of the oceans called?
Oceanography
Meteorology
Hydrosphere
Atmosphere
27
What is the International System unit of time?
Second
Kelvin
Meter
Minute
28
What logical approach to puzzle-solving do scientists use?
Hypothesis
Test
Theory
The scientific method
29
What are the 2 parts of any and all measurements?
A number and a unit
A number and device
Tool and device
Precision and Accuracy
30
What is a pattern observed in nature called?
A scientific theory
A scientific law
31
What is the group not subjected to the independent variable called?
The scientist
Control group
Dependent group
Independent group
32
What is the prefix that means thousands?
milli
Giga
Mega
Kilo
33
What is the condition being tested by an experimenter called?
Control
condition
Dependent variable
Independent variable
34
What is the prefix that means millionths?
Nano
Centi
Milli
Micro
35
What is the amount of matter in something called?
Distance
Mass
Volume
Length
36
How does one read the fluid level in a graduated cylinder when there’s a meniscus?
Read the middle of the meniscus
Read the bottom of the meniscus
Read the top of the meniscus
37
What is the curved liquid surface often seen in a test tube called?
Graduated cylinder
A meniscus
Surface
reading
38
1 mL is equal to what by definition?
1 dm3
1 mm3
1 m3
1 cm3
