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Gassy World Pre-Investigation Quiz

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
a)
beaker
b)
graduated cylinder
c)
test tube
d)
eyedropper
2.
a)
gradated Cylinder
b)
compass
c)
metric Ruler
d)
globe
3.
a)

spring scale

b)

thermometer

c)

tuning fork

d)

battery

4.
What is the mass on the triple beam balance?
a)
345.5
b)
304.5
c)
700.5
5.

What is this?

a)

graduated cylinder

b)

flask

c)

test tube

d)

beaker

6.

What is this?

a)

safety goggles

b)

microscope

c)

hand lens

d)

metric measuring tape

7.

What is this?

a)

Triple Beam Balance

b)

Graduated Cylinder

c)

Overflow Can

d)

Massometer

8.

What is this?

a)

A Beaker

b)

An Erlenmeyer Flask

c)

A Test Tube

d)

A Vial

9.
What is the mass of the unknown object?
a)
273 g
b)
272 g
c)
272.5 g
d)
2270 g
10.
Research question: does the distance a person kicks a soccer ball effect how well they will do on their math test.  What is the dependent variable?
a)
How far they kick the soccer ball
b)
who the person is
c)
how well they do on the math test
d)
Type of soccer ball.
11.
When experimenting with the growth of a plant, a scientist uses three (of the same type of) plants, two different fertilizers, equal light, and equal water. What type of variable is the fertilizer?
a)
Dependent
b)
Independent
c)
Control
d)
Compound
12.
Which variable depends on what is done at the beginning of an experiment?
a)
Dependent
b)
Independent
c)
Control
d)
Following
13.
What would the INDEPENDENT variable be in an experiment testing which types of paper airplane goes furthest?
a)
the paper used
b)
the type of paper airplane
c)
the distance of each plane's flight
d)
how hard the plane is thrown
14.
An experiment is performed on plants to see how different liquids affect plant growth. Each plant in the experiment is given a different liquid; water, apple juice, or milk. Each plant has the same amount of soil, sunlight, and listens to the same music. In this investigation, what is the dependent variable?
a)
Type of plant
b)
Water, apple juice, milk
c)
Plant growth
d)
Color of the plant's leaves
15.
What is a hypothesis?
a)
A hypothesis is the right answer to an experiment.
b)
A hypothesis is the wrong answer to an experiment.
c)
A hypothesis is an educated guess.
d)
I don't know.
16.
When is it OK to eat or drink in the lab?
a)
Always
b)
Never
17.

Which unit is not used in the metric system?

a)

meter

b)

gram

c)

pound

d)

liter

18.

A unit of length in the metric system is the:

a)

liter

b)

gram

c)

meter

d)

Newton

19.

A unit of mass in the metric system is the:

a)

centimeter

b)

gram

c)

liter

d)

ounce

20.

G represents which of the following measurements?

a)

15 millimeters

b)

120 millimeters

c)

12 millimeters

d)

120 centimeters

21.

Which of the following metric measurements would be used to measure the length of a football field?

a)

centimeters

b)

kilometers

c)

meters

d)

millimeters

22.

The standard for temperature in the metric system is....

a)

Celsius

b)

Fahrenheit

c)

Kelvin

d)

Marvin

23.

Data that is measurable and includes NUMBERS. Examples of this kind of data include shoe size and height.

a)

Qualitative

b)

Quantitative

24.

Data that can be obtained using the senses and uses WORDS. This kind of data is often described using adjectives (soft, rough, hot, cold, dark, light, etc.)

a)

Qualitative

b)

Quantitative