What are some Science Tools?

Scientists choose tools based on...

• Which one is their favorite

• What they are investigating

• Which tool is more expensive

• What other scientists have used before.

A tool used for catching small animals in water without hurting them is called a...

• hand lens

• fishing net

• SEM Microscope

• collecting net

It's important that scientists are comfortable using numbers because...

• Everything in science has to do with numbers

• Some tools help scientists count things, some estimate, and others perform complex mathematical calculations.

• Numbers are better

• Numbers are the main things scientists study.

A more precise dropper is called a...

• pan balance

• spring scale

• meniscus

• pipette

When a measurement is close to the true size it is...

• precise

• accurate

• better

• longer

Has been around for 500 years, makes objects look bigger, light passes through its lenses:

• light microscope

• Electron microscope (SEM)

• pipette

• dropper

Can magnify an object one million times:

• Electron Microscope (SEM)

• Light microscope

• spring scale

• measuring tape

A tube with a rubber bulb that squeezes and releases liquids:

• beaker

• pipette

• dropper

• graduated cylinder

Makes a drop so tiny that it can only be seen with a scanning electron microscope

• dropper

• pipette

• meniscus

• graduated cylinder

What is the country that uses its own measuring system, different from the rest of the world?

• Australia

• United States of America

• Russia

• Mexico