Metric and Graphing Skills – Quiz Review

Metric Units

SCIENTIFIC MEASURMENT

Directions: Answer the questions below.

1. What are measurements used for in science? ______

2. Which measurement system is used by scientists?______

3. Why is uniform measurement important? ______

4. How have measurement system changed over history? ______

5. What efforts have the U.S. Congress made towards conversion to the metric system? ______

6. When and Why was the metric system referred to as the SI system? ______

7. Why does scientists prefer the metric or SI system of measurement (3 reasons)? ______

Directions: Complete the charts below:

SI Unit Review

Measurement / SI Unit Used / Unit Symbol or Abbreviation
Time
Temperature
Force
Length
Mass
Volume

Metric Basic Unit Review

3 Basic Metric Units / Metric symbol or abbreviation / What is measured by the unit? (include definition) / Instrument(s) Used to measure?

Metric Prefix Practice

Directions: Complete the Metric Prefix Chart below. Be careful of capitol and lower case letters!

Metric Prefix Chart

Prefix
Symbol
Value

Name that Metric Unit

Directions: Write the correct abbreviation or complete metric unit based on the information provided.

1. kiloliter : ______

2. millimeter: ______

3. centigram: ______

4. hectometer: ______

5. deciliter: ______

6. meter: ______

7. dekagram: ______

Graphing Skills

1.  Why are graphs used for data analysis? ______

2.  What relationships can graphs show between variables? ______

Directions: Answer the graphing questions below:

5. Label the parts of the graph below and fill in any missing parts!!!

6. Draw in a best-fit-line on the plotted data below:

8.  Data on ZOOS

The data table below shows the average and maximum life span or longevity of various animals in captivity.

a.  Draw a line graph and determine, what relationship, if any, exists in the data if the average is the independent and the maximum is the dependent.

b.  Label the axis and create a title. The scale is complete.

c.  Draw a best-fit-line the plotted data and write a legend

d.  Predict the maximum longevity for an animal with an average longevity of 33 years. ______Is this an example of Extrapolation or Interpolation? Why? ______

Data Table:

Title: ______

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