8th Grade Brandt Unit 2 Measurement
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| What is a balance used for? | Measuring mass
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| What is a graduated cylinder used for? | Measuring the volume of a liquid
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| What is a beaker used for? | It is NOT for measuring. It just holds chemicals.
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| Define Mass. | Mass is the amount of matter in something.
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| Define Volume. | Volume is the amount of space something takes up.
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| Define length. | Length is the distance between 2 points.
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| Define Temperature. | Temperature is how hot or cold something is because of the movement (kinetic energy) of its particles.
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| Define Time | Time is the interval between 2 events happening
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| What is the SI unit and measuring device for length? | meter, metric ruler or meterstick
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| What is the SI unit and measuring device for volume of a liquid? | L or mL, graduated cylinder
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| What is the SI unit and measuring device for mass? | g or kg, balance
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| What is the SI unit and measuring device for Temperature? | Degrees Celsius or Kelvin, thermometer
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| What is the SI unit and measuring device for time? | Second, stopwatch
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| Name the metric units from smallest to largest | milli, centi, deci, (base), deka, hecto, kilo
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| Which metric prefix means 10 | deka-
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| Which metric prefix means 1/10 | deci
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| Which metric prefix means 1000 | kilo-
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| Which metric prefix means 1/1000 | milli-
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| Convert 18 mm to cm | 1.8 cm
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| Convert 52 g to mg | 52,000 mg
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| Convert 1600 m to km | 1.6 km.
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| Convert 2.3 L to dL | 23 dL
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| Convert 120 lbs to kg (Honors only) | 54.5 kg
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| If a sample of pumice has a mass of 225 g and takes up 236.6 mL, what is the samples density | 0.95 g/mL
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| Define density | Density is the mass per unit volume of a substance.
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| What is the SI unit for density? | g/mL or g/cm3
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| Measurements in science always have a ___ and a ___. | number and a unit or label (example: 5 g)
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| Describe the correct way to measure the volume of a liquid in a graduated cylinder. | First you must get down on eye level and read to the bottom of the meniscus. They you must also make a "guess between the lines" which is one more decimal place than the device's lines read.
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| What is a measurement standard? | It is a quantity that people agree to use for measurements like the size of a meter or kg?
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| What is the SI system? | It is the agreed upon world wide measurement system based on powers of 10. It is commonly called the metric system
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| What are the base units in the SI system? | Meter (length), kilogram (mass), second (time), Kelvin (temperature; we use Celsius in lab), ampere (electric current), candela (light), and mole (amount of a substance)
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