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Using Scientific Tools

Determine which scientific tool best answers the question.

A. Thermometer

C. Scale

E. Microscope

B. Ruler

D. Telescope

F. Measuring Cup

1) Isabel learned that water freezes at 32° F. What tool would she use to determine when it

is 32° F?

2) Jerry wanted to see if the bottle of steak sauce he bought actually weighed 17 ounces.

What tool should he use?

3) Luke wanted to see what pollen looked like up close. What tool should he use?

4) Lana needed to add 500 ml of water to a mixture for an experiment. What tool did she use

to measure out 500 ml of water?

5) Kaleb needs to cut a string to exactly 1.8 cm. What tool should he use?

6) A scientist took a quart of water from a river to look for microbes. What tool should he

use to make sure he had a quart?

7) Janet wanted to determine the difference in weight between an inflated balloon and a

deflated balloon. What tool should she use to check the difference?

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8) Ned wants to measure the wing span of a bug. What tool should he use?

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9) To test a hypothesis, Debby needed to make sure the temperature outside was at least 10°

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above freezing. What tool did she use to make sure it was above freezing?

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10) Maria was watching a science program that showed an image of the nucleus of a cell.

What tool did they use to get the image?

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11) Victor found a small black dot on his new sweater. What tool should he use to determine

what the dot actually is?

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12) Henry wanted to see if the color of a shirt effected how much the shirt weighed. What

tool should he use to test this?

13) Chloe performed an experiment where she cooled batteries to 0° C. What tool did she use

to determine the batteries temperature?

14) Oliver was trying to view satellites from his backyard. What tool should he use to help

find one?

15) Emily was trying to see a comet as it passed close to Earth. What tool should she use to

best view the comet?

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Using Scientific Tools Worksheet