Science Equipment Summative

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Science Equipment Summative

• 9/5/13

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A balance would be the best tool for measuring
which of the following?

• A The texture of soil
• B The length of a stick
• C The mass of a rock
• D The color of a leaf

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A. B. C. D.
2. What tool is used to find the temperature at
which water boils?
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3. Kathy will be mixing some chemicals in the
science lab today. What piece of equipment will
help her protect her eyes?

• A safety goggles
• B a lab apron
• C gloves
• D a magnet

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4. If you were going camping and you wanted to
look at the details on different rocks and
flowers you find in the campground, what tool
would you need to bring with you?

• A an eyedropper
• B a hand lens
• C a meter stick
• D a compass

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5. If you traveled to the moon, would you weigh
less or more than you do on Earth? What tool
would you use to find out your weight?

• A more, balance
• B less, balance
• C more, scale
• D less, scale

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6. Justice wants to pick up some steel nails.
Which tool would be the best to use?

• A a telescope
• B a microscope
• C a collecting net
• D a magnet

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7. A tool that uses many lenses to magnify
objects is a --

• A hot plate
• B stop watch
• C mirror
• D microscope

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8. An instrument used to measure an objects
mass is called a

• A anemometer
• B flask
• C thermometer
• D balance

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9. If you need to measure the volume of a liquid
you could use a ______.

• A graduated cylinder
• B stop watch
• C balance
• D strainer

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10 What group of tools would you need to separate
sand, steel nails, and marbles?

• A thermometer, strainer, filter paper
• B strainer, tweezers, hot plate
• C tweezers, strainer, magnet
• D tweezers, balance, magnet