Metrics, Measuring and Scientific Method

The base unit for mass is the ____________.

• gram
• liter
• meter
• second

The base unit for volume is the ______ .

• liter
• meter
• second
• gram

If you move from a smaller prefix to a larger prefix on the metric staircase, you move the decimal to the _____________ . 

• right
• left
• in a circle

The correct order of the abbreviations for the prefixes on the metric staircase is:

• D, d, h, k, b, m, c
• h, m, c, D, b, k, d
• k, h, D, b, d, c, m
• k, h, D, b, c, d, m

729 cm = _____ hm

• 7290
• 72.9
• .729
• .0729

.0791 km = _____ m

• 7.91
• 79.1
• 791
• 7910

16724 m is  _________  1.6724 km

• greater than
• less than
• equal to

What you want to know or find out in science is known as the ________________ .

• problem
• hypothesis
• independent variable
• dependent variable

What the scientist manipulates or changes in an experiment is known as the _______ .

• hypothesis
• problem
• independent variable
• dependent variable

The amount of matter in an object is known as _________ . 

• volume
• mass
• temperature
• time