Scientists and Scientific Tools

What do scientists do?

• help answer questions

• solve problems

• form new ideas

• scientists do all of these

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Two students were watching the clouds and listening to the wind. They could also smell rain in the air. What skill were these students using?

• recording data

• asking questions

• performing an experiment

• observing

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The amount of space a solid, liquid, or gas takes up is its ____________________________.

• measurement

• mass

• volume

A graduated cylinder is used to measure the volume of a ______________________________ in milliliters.

• solid

• liquid

• gas

A meter stick measures _________________________ in millimeters, meters, centimeters, etc.

• volume

• time

• length

• temperature

What do botanists study?

• plants

• animals

What do zoologists study?

• animals

• plants

• weather

• cells

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What does an astronomer study?

• space

• plants

• animals

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What do biologists study?

• living things

• earthquakes

• outer space

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Which scientific tool is used to measure length or distance?

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