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Lab Safety, Metric System, & Scientific Method

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What tool do we use to measure liquid volume?
a)
graduated cylinder
b)
beaker
c)
metric ruler 
d)
balance
2.

What is the measurement system that scientists use?

a)

The Metric System

b)

The Customary System

3.
The amount of space an object takes up is its'
a)
mass
b)
volume
c)
length
d)
density
4.

What is the volume of the fish?

a)

18.0 cm3

b)

6.0 cm3

c)

38.0 cm3

d)

8.0 cm3

5.

What tool do we use to mass in the metric system?

a)

Thermometer

b)

Scale

c)

Graduated Cylinder

d)

Meter stick

6.
What tool do we use to measure temperature in the metric system? 
a)
Graduated Cylinder 
b)
Thermometer
c)
Metric Ruler
d)
Scale 
7.

The metric unit for length is:

a)

Inches

b)

Gram

c)

Meter

d)

Liters

8.
17 CM = __________ MM
a)
17.0 MM
b)
1700 MM
c)
17 CM
d)
170 MM
9.
Which is NOT a part of the metric system? 
a)
Inches
b)
Liters
c)
Grams
d)
Meters 
10.
Volume is measured in
a)
Grams
b)
Liters
c)
Meters
d)
Ounces
11.
Water boils at __ degrees Celsius
a)
0 degrees
b)
32 degress
c)
100 degrees
d)
212 degrees
12.
Water freezes at __ degrees Celsius
a)
0 degrees
b)
32 degress
c)
100 degrees
d)
212 degrees
13.
What is the length of the screw?
a)
5cm
b)
6cm
c)
5mm
d)
6m
14.

grams and kilograms measure

a)

capacity

b)

length

c)

time

d)

mass

15.

Which of the following would you measure using millimeters?

a)

length of a semi-truck

b)

distance across a state

c)

length of a caterpillar

d)

thickness of an earlobe

16.
What is a hypothesis?
a)
An observation
b)
A bar graph
c)
Facts
d)
A prediction of what will happen 
17.
Scientists' questions MUST be ________________!
a)
Great
b)
Testable
c)
Difficult
d)
About science
18.

What unit of measurement is used to measure temperature in the Metric System.

a)

degrees Celsius

b)

milliliters

c)

degrees Fahrenheit

d)

grams

19.

Which recorded measurement is correct?

a)

38mL

b)

40.0mL

c)

38.0mL

d)

34.0mL

20.
When is it OK to eat or drink in the lab?
a)
Always
b)
Never
21.
What should you do if you break glass in the lab?
a)
Tell the teacher.
b)
Sweep up the glass.
c)
Pick up the glass with your hands.
d)
Ignore it; the teacher will clean it up when she sees it later.
22.
Horseplay, jokes, and pranks are appropriate in the science classroom at any time.
a)
True
b)
False
23.
What is the length of the ribbon?
a)
9 cm
b)
2 cm
c)
7 cm
d)
11 cm 
24.
What is the length of the key?
a)
2 cm
b)
0 cm
c)
4 cm
d)
2 inches
25.
A series of steps used by scientists to solve a problem or answer a question. 
a)
scientific method
b)
recipe
c)
data collection
d)
metric system
26.
The name of the information that you get from your experiment (you organize it into charts and graphs).
a)
observations
conclusion
b)
data
c)
variables
d)
hypothesis
27.
What is the first step in the scientific method?
a)
Ask a question
b)
Conclusion
c)
No Horse Play
d)
Observe
28.

From the experiment, Betty and Sue CONCLUDED that they forgot to add eggs to their cupcake mix.

a)

Observe

b)

Question

c)

Experiment

d)

Conclusion

29.

Betty and Sue think that if they left out an ingredient then it might be what made them taste weird.

a)

Conclusion

b)

Hypothesis

c)

Data Analysis

d)

Observe