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S1-Unit 1- Revision
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15
Science
5th Grade
09/14/2011

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How do you set the air hole of the Bunsen to get a yellow flame?
Definition
Air-hole Fully Closed
Term
What do we call the yellow flame of the Bunsen?
Definition
The safety flame
Term
What setting of the air hole corresponds to the hottest (blue) flame
Definition
Air-hole fully opened
Term
Which setting of the Bunsen burner do we use to heat up liquids?
Definition
Air-hole half opened
Term
The variable that we deliberately change in an investigation is called:
Definition
Input variable
Term
The variable that we measure as the result of our experiment is called:
Definition
The outcome variable
Term
How do we measure temperature?
What is its unit?
Definition
With a thermometer
Unit is degrees Celsius (°C)
Term
How do we find out the volume of a regular cuboid using a ruler?
What is the unit?
Definition
length X width X height
Unit is centimetres cubed (cm3)
Term
How do we find out the volume of an object with an irregular shape?
What is the unit?
Definition
With a measuring cylinder or a Eureka can.
Unit is centimetres cubed (cm3) or millilitres (ml)
Term
How do we measure time?
What are the units?
Definition
Using a stopwatch
Unit are seconds (s) or minutes (min)
Term
How do we measure height or distance?
What units do we use?
Definition
Using a ruler or a metre stick
Units are millimetres (mm), centimeters (cm) and metres (m)
Term
How do we measure mass?
What units do we use?
Definition
A balance
Units are Grams (g) or kilograms (kg)
Term
How do we measure the mass of a grain of rice when it is too light for the balance?
Definition
Measure the mass of 100 grains of rice and divide the answer by 100!
Term
The space an object takes up is called...
Definition
its volume
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What is a fair test?
Definition
An experiment where only the input variable is changed and all the controlled variables stay the same variables are controlled.
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