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Chapter 1 Test Review Sct2,3,4
Chapter 1 review
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Science
8th Grade
09/09/2008

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What equation would be used to calculate the amount of wallpaper you would need for your classroom?

 

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Area= Length X Width
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A measure of the amount of matter in an object is what?

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Mass
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What is the basic SI unit for mass?
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Kilogram (kg)

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What SI unit would be best to use to measure the mass of a small object like an apple?
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Grams
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The amount of space that something occupies or that something contains is .. what?
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Volume
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What is the basic SI unit for volume?
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Cubic Meter (m3)

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What tool is used to measure the volume of a liquid?
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Graduated Cylinder
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What equation would be used to calculate the volume of storage box?
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Volume = Length x Width x Height
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The amount of matter in a given volume is its..

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Density
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What two measurements must be known in order to calculate density?
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Mass and Volume

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What equation is used to calculate density?
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Density = Mass / Volume

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The                 is a measure of how hot or cold something is.
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Tempurature

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The SI unit for temperature is ________
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Kelvins
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Instead of using kelvins scientists often measure temerature in a unit called __________

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Celcius
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To make very large and very small numbers more manageable scientists often use a shorthand called
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Scientific Notation
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Scientists express very large or small numbers as a number multiplied by
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10  to the appropriate power.
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Anything that helps you do a task is a tool

 

True/ False

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True
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Measures time
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Stopwatch
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Measures volume
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Graduated cylinder
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Measures temperature
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Thermometer
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