Lifeboats Quiz Review

How much a container can hold is called the:

• Buoyancy

• Capacity

• Density

• Varialbe

The larger the lifeboat, the _____ passengers it can hold

• More

• Less

The smaller the lifeboat, the ______ passengers it can hold

• More

• Less

The dependent variable in each lifeboat investigation was:

• The type of water

• The cup material

• The number of passengers

• The capacity of each cup

Who discovered that the King's crown was fake by placing the crown in water to see how much water was displaced?

• Einstein

• Plato

• Archimedes

• Miss Mohr

An objects ability to float in water or air is called:

• buoyancy

• density

• displacement

• capacity

The variable that is measured in an experiment (the data) is the:

• Independent variable

• Dependent variable

• Controlled variable

When you use your five senses to gather information you are making a(n):

• hypothesis

• prediction

• conclusion

• observation

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When you sit in a bathtub, the water level rises because of:

• density

• buoyancy

• displacement

• capacity

The variable that is changed in an experiment to see if it has an effect on the results is the:

• independent variable

• dependent variable

• controlled variable