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KS3 Science Homework 1

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 46mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the correct spelling of this piece of scientific equipment?

a)

Thermoneter

b)

Thermometer

c)

Therometer

d)

Thermomter

2.

What is the correct spelling of this piece of scientific equipment?

a)

Cylinder

b)

cilinder

c)

sylinder

d)

silinder

3.

What is the correct spelling of this piece of scientific equipment?

a)

Bunsin burner

b)

Bunsyn burner

c)

Bunsen bunner

d)

Bunsen burner

4.

What is the correct spelling of this piece of scientific equipment?

a)

Beeker

b)

Becker

c)

Beaker

d)

Beacker

5.

Which piece of scientific equipment would you use to measure the volume of a liquid

a)

Beaker

b)

Test tube

c)

Measuring cylinder

d)

Balance

6.

What is the function of a thermometer?

a)

Measure the temperature

b)

Measure the time

c)

Measure the volume

d)

Measure the mass

7.

What piece of equipment would you use to measure distance?

a)

Protractor

b)

Measuring tape

c)

Balance

d)

Thermometer

8.

State the function of a stopwatch

a)

Measure weight

b)

Measure temperature

c)

Measure mass

d)

Measure time

9.

What equipment would you use to measure the mass of a substance in a science lab?

a)

Scales

b)

Newton meter

c)

Balance

d)

Just guess

10.

Round 1258 to the nearest thousand

(a)  

11.

round 1258 to the nearest 10

(a)  

12.

round 2.564 to two decimal places

(a)  

13.

round 65.3859 to three decimal places

(a)  

14.

round 52.57 to the nearest whole number

(a)  

15.

How do you calculate the mean?

a)

Add all the values

b)

Add all the values, then divide by how many values you've got

c)

multiply all the values

d)

divide all the values

16.

Calculate the mean of 8, 15 and 13

a)

10

b)

11

c)

12

d)

13

17.

Calculate the mean of 120, 106, 108 and 114

a)

110

b)

112

c)

114

d)

116

18.

Calculate the mean of 10.2, 10.5 and 10.8

a)

10.5

b)

10.6

c)

10.7

d)

10.8

19.

Calculate the mean of 4, 6, 5, 8 and 12

(a)  

20.

Calculate the mean of 25, 31 and 28

(a)  

21.

What is the Independent Variable

a)

The variable that stays the same

b)

The variable that changes

c)

The variable that you measure

22.

What is the dependent variable?

a)

The variable that stays the same

b)

The variable that you change

c)

The variable that you measure

23.

What is the control variable?

a)

The variable that stays the same

b)

The variable that changes

c)

The variable that you measure