A Science Teacher Wants to Provide Students with Practice in the Skill

question 18

Multiple Choice

A science teacher wants to provide students with practice in the skill of measuring volume. What would be the most appropriate activity?

• A) Provide a rectangular block of wood and ask students to measure the length of each side.
• B) Provide a small rock and ask students to drop the rock into a graduated cylinder that has been partially filled with water, recording the volume before and after the rock was dropped.
• C) Provide a 1000-ml cylinder and a cup measure and ask students to determine how many cups it takes to fill the cylinder.
• D) Provide three containers with different shapes, all of which hold the same volume, and ask students which holds the most.
• E) All of the above
• F) None of the above

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Definitions:

Frontal Lobes

Part of the brain located at the front of each cerebral hemisphere, responsible for voluntary movement, expressive language, and managing higher level executive functions.

Proper Sequence

An arrangement of events, actions, or processes in a logical or necessary order.

Proper Time

The time measured by a clock that is at rest relative to the observer, often used in the context of relativity to describe the time experienced by an object in its own inertial frame.

Plasticity

The brain's ability to change and adapt as a result of experience.