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Metric SystemReview

Total questions: 58

Worksheet time: 2hrs 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the abbreviation for milligram ?
a)
g
b)
m
c)
mg
d)
ml
2.
What does the abbreviation km stand for?
a)
kilo
b)
kilometer
c)
kilogram
d)
meter
3.
What does the abbreviation L stand for?
a)
Lateral
b)
Length
c)
Liter
d)
Lithium
4.
What is the abbreviation for centimeter?
a)
c
b)
cm
c)
m
d)
km
5.
Fill in the blank: 1g = _________ mg.
a)
.1
b)
10
c)
100
d)
1000
6.
Fill in the blank: 100km = ___________ m
a)
1
b)
10
c)
1000
d)
100000
7.
What measures the space that something takes up?
a)
Density
b)
Distance
c)
Mass
d)
Volume
8.
What measures the amount of matter in an object?
a)
Distance
b)
Mass
c)
Time
d)
Volume
9.
What is this tool called and what would it be used to measure?
a)
Meter stick and distance
b)
Meter stick and mass
c)
beaker and volume
d)
graduated cylinder and volume
10.
What is this tool called?
a)
Beaker
b)
Graduated Cylinder
c)
Flask
d)
Ruler
11.
What is this tool called?
a)
Beaker
b)
Flask
c)
Graduated Cylinder
d)
Measuring Cup
12.
A student wants to test the effects of type of exercise on heart rate.  What would be a good graph type?
a)
pie
b)
line
c)
bar
13.
Convert 3.8 km to m.
a)
38000 m
b)
380 m
c)
3.8 m
d)
3800 m
14.
What tool do we use to measure liquid volume?
a)
graduated cylinder
b)
beaker
c)
ruler
d)
balance
15.
What is the base  unit for measuring distance?
a)
liters
b)
meters
c)
grams
d)
seconds
16.
The metric system is based on multiples of:
a)
100
b)
20
c)
10
d)
1
17.
This graph is a bar graph.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
What graph is best for showing percentages?
a)
Bar Graph
b)
Pie Graph
c)
Line Graph
d)
I don't know
19.
Why is it important to perform multiple trials during an experiment? 
a)
To see if your results were a fluke or if you made an error 
b)
It fixes errors from the experiment 
c)
It allows you to keep track of your materials 
d)
It is not important to have multiple trials 
20.
Measurements that are close to the true value are ___.
a)
Precise
b)
Reliable
21.
Precise measurements are all close together.
a)
True
b)
False
22.
4 m = ? cm
a)
4367
b)
245
c)
400
d)
4000
23.
Convert the following measurement:
7.25kg = ?g
a)
725g
b)
7250g
c)
.00725g
d)
7.250g
24.
The base unit for length is the
a)
second
b)
gram
c)
meter
d)
liter
25.
What is another way you can make reference to the metric system?
a)
International System
b)
English system
c)
Standard 
d)
Inches
26.
The amount of matter in an object is the
a)
mass
b)
volume
c)
length
d)
density
27.
The amount of space an object takes up is its'
a)
mass
b)
volume
c)
length
d)
density
28.
The base for mass is the
a)
meter
b)
gram
c)
kilogram
d)
liter
29.
The base unit for length is the
a)
second
b)
gram
c)
meter
d)
liter
30.
Mass is measured using
a)
an electronic balance
b)
a beaker
c)
a centimeter ruler
d)
none of the above
31.
In science, length is measured using
a)
a graduated cylinder
b)
an electronic scale
c)
a ruler
d)
a triple beam balance
32.
What is the length of the ribbon?
a)
9 cm
b)
2 cm
c)
7 cm
d)
11 cm 
33.
Which of the following is about the length of a birthday candle you put on a cake?
a)
1 foot
b)
8 meters
c)
1 mile
d)
5 cm
34.
What is the length of the key?
a)
2 cm
b)
0 cm
c)
4 cm
d)
1 cm
35.
What is the length of the straw?
a)
8 cm 
b)
0 cm 
c)
7 cm 
d)
1 cm 
36.
How many Millimeters in a Meter?
a)
1
b)
10
c)
100
d)
1000
37.
What does the prefix kilo - mean?
a)
10
b)
100
c)
1000
d)
100000
38.
What does the prefix centi - mean?
a)
10
b)
100
c)
1
d)
1000
39.

What is the Median?

8,13,2,4,48

a)

8

b)

48

c)

2

d)

9

40.
What is the Mean?
9, 5, 7
a)
8
b)
11
c)
7
d)
6
41.
What is the Mean?
8,5,6,5
a)
5
b)
45
c)
8
d)
6
42.
What is the Median?
8,1,2,0,6
a)
7
b)
8
c)
2
d)
0
43.
To find the mean of a set of numbers, add up all the items and divide by...
a)
2
b)
The minimum
c)
The maximum
d)
The number of items
44.
What is the mode?
a)
# happening the most
b)
the average
c)
biggest - smallest
d)
the middle #
45.
Which is the MIDDLE?
a)
Mean
b)
Median
c)
Mode
d)
Range
46.
If you have two numbers in the middle, you should
a)
add them together and divide by two
b)
find the number in between the two
c)
find the mean of the two numbers
d)
all of these
47.
In order to find the range, the data must be sorted from least to greatest first.
a)
True
b)
False
48.
The flowers are green and blue. 
a)
Qualitative
b)
Quantitative 
49.
There are 75 trees in the forest. 
a)
Qualitative 
b)
Quantitative
50.
The clouds are grey and ground is wet. 
a)
Qualitative
b)
Quantitative
51.
There are ten buttons on the table. 
a)
Qualitative
b)
Quantitative
52.
Two types of data scientists collect are...
a)
hypothesis and theory
b)
qualitative and quantitative
c)
myths and fables
d)
metric and standard measurements
53.
When scientists collect data that is measurable with numbers, we call it...
a)
qualitative
b)
quantitative
c)
hypothetical
d)
graphable
54.
Data that is descriptive and uses adjectives is called...
a)
quantitative
b)
qualitative
c)
non-scientific
d)
hypothesis
55.
You want to collect data on the taste of apples to help a farmer grow sweeter apples in his orchard.  You have your assistants describe apples as "sweet" or "tart".   This is called ____ data
a)
quantitative
b)
qualitative
c)
not scientific
d)
hypothetical
56.
Measuring the number of times a person breathes after exercise involves ____ data. 
a)
quantitative
b)
qualitative
57.
Recording data on how yellow or orange leaves turn in October by describing them as "green" "slightly yellow" "very yellow" or "orange" is ____ data
a)
quantitative
b)
qualitative
58.
There are 25 Liters of water in the buckets. 
a)
quantitative 
b)
qualitative