Measuring the Volume of Regular and Irregular Objects

Which lab tool might you use to measure the volume of a liquid?

• electric scale
• bunsen burner
• test tube
• graduated cylinder

What is the method that uses water to measure the volume of an object called?

• displacement
• displaced
• discontent

What do you call the "dip" in the water of the graduated cylinder that we use to measure the volume of an irregular object?

• a measurement dip
• menicus
• eclipsis

If you start with a water level at 150 mLs in a graduated cylinder & you drop in a stone and the level raises to 157 mLs, what is the volume of the stone?

• 6 mLs
• 7 mLs
• 157 mLs

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

If you start with 150 mLs in a graduated cylinder and add an irregular shaped object and the water level raises to 157.6 mLs, what is the volume of your irregular shaped object?

• 7 mLs
• 157.6 mLs
• 7.6 mLs

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

What label of measurement do we use when we measure the volume of an irregularly shaped object with water in a graduated cylinder?

• liters
• mili-liters
• kilo-liters

The green jade sample has a volume of

• Cannot be determined
• 10.5 mL
• 50.0 mL
• 60.5 mL

We start with 50 mL in a graduated cylinder and drop in an object.  The water rises to 64 mL.  What is the volume of this object?

• 64 mL
• 64
• 14 mL
• 14

How much water has been displaced in the image shown?

• 40 mL
• 65 mL
• 20 mL
• 25 mL

Which formula can be used to find the volume of a rectangular prism?

• length x width
• length x width x height
• height x length
• length + width + height

Tags

CCSS.7.G.B.6