Multiple choice quiz of 20 questions. Try it as often as you like. You will get a different set of questions each time. You have 12 minutes to complete this quiz. Best of luck!
The standard unit of length is:
the kilometre
the metre
the centimetre
the inch
Which one of the following is not a standard unit?
degree Celsius
second
kilometre
kilogram
Which one of the following instruments is used to measure temperature?
an opisometer
a measuring cylinder
a barometer
a thermometer
The standard unit of volume is:
the kilometre cubed
the metre cubed
the centimeter cubed
the millimetre cubed
How many grams are there in 0.5 kilograms?
50
500
5,000
5
The amount of space taken up by an object is known as it's
mass
area
volume
length
If a playing dice has a volume of 1 centimetre cubed, then how many such dice will fit into a 1 litre milk carton?
10
100
1,000
1,000,000
The quantity of matter in a body is known as its
mass
volume
weight
temperature
The straight line distance between two points is known as its
length
area
volume
capacity
Identify the measuring instrument shown
metre stick
curvimeter or opisometer
callipers
thermometer
Temperature is
a measure of how hot or cold a body is
the amount of energy in a body
how good the weather is going to be
always measured in degrees Fahrenheit
Which is the odd one out?
curvimeter
opisometer
trundle wheel
thermometer
To measure the diameter of a small pipe, we would use
a callipers
a metre stick
a thermometer
a curvimeter (or opisometer)
Name the instrument shown on the right
curvimeter (opisometer)
trundle wheel
callipers
pipette
Which one of the following is the Vernier callipers?
If 1 m = 100 cm, then how many cm2 are there in a m2?
10,000
200
100
1
What is the volume of a rectangular box whose length = 5 cm, width = 4 cm and height = 2 cm?
40 cm3
10 cm3
11 cm3
22 cm3
A rectangular block of length 8 cm and width 4 cm has a volume of 96 cm3, What is the height of the block?
3 cm
8 cm
32 cm
64 cm
What is meant by the term "meniscus"?
The curved surface at the top of a liquid.
A piece of apparatus used to measure volume of a liquid.
Another name for the internal diameter of a cylinder.
An instrument used to measure length of a curved line.
In an experiment to measure the volume of a small stone using a measuring cylinder, the following measurements were recorded by a group of students:
Volume of water = 45 cm3 Vol of water + stone = 58 cm3 What is the volume of the stone?
13 cm3
45 cm3
103 cm3
108 cm3
What is the reading on the measuring cylinder shown?
84 cm3
82 cm3
83 cm3
92 cm3
Name the instrument shown
overflow can
tin can
measuring cylinder
thermometer
Which of the following liquids is commonly used in laboratory thermometers?
water
alcohol
olive oil
hydrochloric acid
How many millilitres (cm3) are needed to make up a volume of 1 litre?
1,000
100
10
1,000,000
The standard unit of time is the
millisecond
second
minute
light year
If each square in the diagram shown has an area of 4 mm2, what is the approximate area enclosed by the curved line?
116 mm2
100 mm2
128 mm2
29 mm2
0.01 m is also known as a
centimetre
millimetre
kilometre
hectometre
The measure of how hot or cold a body is, is called its
temperature
length
area
mass
How many litres are there in 1 m3?
1,000
100
1,000,000
10
Which one of the following is NOT a metric unit?
acre
metre squared
kilogram
second
The diagram shows a balance measuring the mass of an empty beaker and the same beaker half filled with a liquid. What is the mass of the liquid?