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Scientific Tools Vocabs

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
Date
1.

What does kilo- mean?

a)

one

b)

one hundred

c)

one thousand

d)

one million

2.

What does the root word -gram mean?

a)

volume

b)

mass

c)

length

d)

weight

3.

This means hundredths (0.01)

a)

centi-

b)

milli-

c)

deca-

d)

deci-

4.

This root word means length.

a)

-liter

b)

-meter

c)

-gram

5.

What does the root word -liter mean?

a)

volume

b)

distance

c)

length

d)

mass

6.

This prefix means 1/1,000

a)

kilo-

b)

centi-

c)

hecto-

d)

milli-

7.

What does deca-/deka- mean?

a)

one

b)

tens

c)

hundreds

d)

one thousand

8.

What prefix means 1,000,000?

a)

mega-

b)

kilo-

c)

nano-

d)

micro-

9.

This prefix means 100.

a)

centi-

b)

hecto-

c)

meter

d)

gram

10.

This prefix means 1/10.

a)

centi-

b)

milli-

c)

deca-

d)

deci-

11.

The number of digits in a measurement that are known with a degree of reliability are _

a)

accuracy

b)

explanation

c)

precision

d)

significant digits

12.

A description of how similar or close measurements are to each other is called _

a)

accuracy

b)

explanation

c)

precision

d)

significant digits

13.

A description of how close a measurement is to a true value is _

a)

accuracy

b)

explanation

c)

precision

d)

significant digit

14.

The word gram means

a)

a measure something

b)

a measure of the mass (weight) of something

c)

a meaure of the volume

d)

a measure of the length

15.
The word root "centi" means
a)
tenth
b)
one-hundred
c)
one-thousand
d)
one-hundredth
e)
one-thousandth
16.

Liter means

a)

the measurement of the amount of space something takes up

b)

the measurement of a liquid

c)

The measurement of an object's length

17.

The root word meter means

a)

to measure something in length

b)

to measure something in weight

c)

to measure something in height

18.

The root word milli means

a)

your youngest little baby sibling

b)

1/1,000

c)

1/100

d)

1,000