Getting Ready For Science Vocab

What is a microscope?

• A tool that measures the amount of matter in an object

• A tool used to measure temperature

• A tool that makes small objects appear larger

• A tool used to move small amounts of liquid or to measure volume by counting drops

What is an observation?

• An explanation based on observations

• Information gathered by using one of the five senses

• A tool used to measure length and width

• A tool used to help pick up or hold objects

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What is the scientific method?

• A tool that measures the amount of matter in an object

• A tool used to measure temperature

• Perform a scientific procedure to determine something

• A tool used to move small amounts of liquid or to measure volume by counting drops

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What is a thermometer?

• A tool that makes small objects appear larger

• A tool used to measure temperature

• Information gathered by using one of the five senses

• A tool used to help objects look larger

What is a hypothesis?

• An educated guess that uses an 'if, then' statement

• A tool used to measure length and width

• A tool used to measure forces such as weight or friction

• A tool used to measure the volume of liquid

What is a balance

• A tool that measures the amount of matter in an object (the object’s mass)

• A tool that makes small objects appear larger

• An explanation based on observations

• A tool used to measure temperature

What is an inference?

• An explanation based on observations

• Information gathered by using one of the five senses (touch, sight, taste, smell, hearing)

• A tool used to move small amounts of liquid or to measure volume by counting drops

• A tool in which one places an object inside in order to see the object clearly

When you perform a scientific procedure to determine something it is called...

• an observation

• an experiment

• an inference

• a spring scale

What is a tape measure?

• A tool used to measure length and width

• A tool used to move small amounts of liquid or to measure volume by counting drops

• A tool used to measure the volume of liquid

• A tool used to help pick up or hold objects

What is a dropper?

• A tool used to move small amounts of liquid or to measure volume by counting drops

• A tool used to measure forces such as weight or friction. It measures in a unit called Newtons

• A tool in which one places an object inside in order to see the object clearly

• A tool used to help pick up or hold objects