Practice Quiz -Unit 1 Lesson 4 - Scientific Tools & Measurement

Name the lab equipment shown in the picture.

• graduated cylinder

• flask

• beaker

• test tube

Which of the following best describes precision?

• Relates to descriptive information that is expressed as a quantity or a number.

• Relates to descriptive information that is not expressed as a number.

• Compares a measured value of a property with the standard value accepted for that property.

• Is the exactness and repeatability of measurement.

Which of the following best describes accuracy?

• Relates to descriptive information that is expressed as a quantity or a number.

• Relates to descriptive information that is not expressed as a number.

• Compares a measured value of a property with the standard value accepted for that property.

• Is the exactness and repeatability of measurement.

Darts are thrown at a dart board. Target "B" demonstrates a pattern that is what?

• Both accurate and precise

• Accurate but NOT precise

• Precise but NOT accurate

• Neither Precise nor Accurate

Darts are thrown at a dart board. Target "C" demonstrates a pattern that is what?

• Both accurate and precise

• Accurate but NOT precise

• Precise but NOT accurate

• Neither Precise nor Accurate

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Is a method of writing a quantity as a number multiplied by ten to a power, or ax10b. We generally use this to express numbers that are very Large or very Small.

• Measurement

• Scientific Notation

• Precision

• Quantitative Observation

What property is a triple beam balance used to measure?

• Mass

• Volume

• Weight

• Distance

A barking dog, with long brown fur

• Quantitative Observation

• Qualitative Observation

The screwdriver is 7 cm long with a handle that is 2.3 cm long.

• Quantitative Observation

• Qualitative Observation

Temperature

• Quantitative Observation

• Qualitative Observation

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4