Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Which of the following is the name of the equipment shown below? 
a. | spring scale | b. | graduated cylinder | c. | beaker | d. | test tube |
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Which piece of lab equipment below has measurements dependent on the force of
gravity?
a. | triple beam balance | b. | spring scale | c. | graduated
cylinder | d. | thermometer |
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The lab equipment shown below is used to measure  a. | mass | b. | distance | c. | volume | d. | force or weight |
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The curve in the upper surface of a liquid in a container caused by surface
tension is known as a(n)
a. | bubble | b. | concave arch | c. | dip | d. | meniscus |
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What is the volume of the liquid below?  a. | 40 mL | b. | 38 mL | c. | 40
L | d. | Not enough information |
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Which piece of lab equipment below relies on the expansion and contraction
property of fluids?
a. | graduated cylinder | b. | spring scale | c. | thermometer | d. | triple beam
balance |
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A beaker is represented by which of the following pieces of glassware?
a. |  | b. |  | c. | 
| d. | None of the choices are a
beaker |
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The lab equipment shown below is used to measure?  a. | temperature | b. | length/distance | c. | volume | d. | force or weight |
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Which of these is a unit for volume?
a. | cubic centimeter | b. | inch | c. | kilogram | d. | newton |
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David is interested in finding the volume of an irregularly shaped object he
found in his yard. How will he do this?
a. | water displacement | b. | use a beaker | c. | length x width x
height | d. | use a triple beam balance |
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What is the mass shown below?  a. | 239 grams | b. | 293 grams | c. | 329
grams | d. | 93,200 grams |
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The lab equipment shown below is used to measure  a. | mass | b. | volume | c. | temperature | d. | length |
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What is the volume of the rock?  
a. | 12 mL | b. | 16 mL | c. | 18
mL | d. | 28 mL |
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Before using the triple beam balance, Melissa placed it on a flat, level surface
and slid all of the moveable masses to the left. Melissa noticed that the pointer on the
triple beam balance fell below the zero. What must Melissa do to raise the pointer to
zero?
a. | move the sliders to the right | b. | place an object on the pan | c. | turn the zero
adjustment knob counter-clockwise (up) | d. | turn the zero adjustment knob clockwise
(down) |
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Which of the following is the name of the equipment shown below?  a. | graduated cylinder | b. | spring scale | c. | ruler | d. | thermometer |
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What is the length of the red line in cm?  a. | 0.72 cm | b. | 7.2 cm | c. | 72
cm | d. | 720 cm |
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Helen used a ruler to measure various parts of a rectangular block of
wood. Her measurements
were:
•length - 20.0
cm
•width - 10.0 cm
•height - 1.0 cm.
What is the volume of the wooden block?
a. | 20 cm³ | b. | 31 cm³ | c. | 200
cm³ | d. | Not enough information |
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Which of the following units does not belong?
a. | gram | b. | pound | c. | liter | d. | ton |
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What is the value of each graduated marking (line) below?  a. | 1 mL | b. | 3 mL | c. | 5
mL | d. | 15 mL |
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Absolute Zero can be found on which of the following temperature scales?
a. | Celsius | b. | Fahrenheit | c. | Kelvin | d. | No temperature scale has an absolute
zero |
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