Science Part 1

Question 1

If you are given a picture and asked to make an OBSERVATION, you must choose the answer that includes only:

Answer 1

Things that you can actually see with your own eyes

Question 2

Which is NOT an observation I could make while looking up at the sky? “The sky is blue.” “A big, dark cloud is moving in” “Soon it’s going to rain.”

Answer 2

“Soon it’s going to rain” is not an observation. It is a prediction.

Question 3

The mass of an object is:

Answer 3

the amount of matter in an object–how heavy it is.

Question 4

Given a 2-liter bottle of Coke, 2 liters is a measure of:

Answer 4

the volume of Coke-or how much space it takes up.

Question 5

The capacity of a container is how much it can hold. The capacity our large Coke bottle, even if it is empty is:

Answer 5

2 liters

Question 6

The capacity of an eyedropper would be a few:

Answer 6

milliliters

Question 7

A milliliter of liquid is:

Answer 7

a few drops

Question 8

The volume of liquid in a graduated cylinder might be 50:

Answer 8

ml or 50 milliliters

Question 9

The volume of liquid in a beaker might be 300:

Answer 9

ml or 300 milliliters

Question 10

One thousand milliliters equals:

Answer 10

1 liter

Question 11

An instrument used to measure mass is a:

Answer 11

balance

Question 12

A liter is close in volume to a:

Answer 12

quart

Question 13

The mass of a book could be about:

Answer 13

1 kilogram or 1kg

Question 14

1000 grams equal:

Answer 14

1 kilogram

Question 15

Length and distance are measured in these metric units:

Answer 15

milliliters (mL) liters (L) 1000mL=1kg kilograms (kg)

Question 16

A centimeter is about as long as your:

Answer 16

fingernail

Question 17

The length of each of these dashes—is about:

Answer 17

1 or 2 milliliters (mm)

Question 18

If your fingernail is one centimeter long, how long is it in milliliters?

Answer 18

10 (10mm = 1 cm)