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What is the temperature of the air on a hot day? Select the better estimate. 36 degrees fahrenheit or celsius

36 degrees celsius

What is the volume of a washing machine? Select the best estimate. 132 gallons, liters, fluid ounces or cups

132 liters

What is the volume of a water balloon? Select the best estimate. 20 fluid ounces, liters, cups or gallons

20 fluid ounces

What is the mass of the Statue of Liberty? Select the best estimate. 225 pounds, kilograms or tons

225 tons

Kimberly found a baby mouse that hops, but is still with it's mom . . . about how many hours old is it?

about 420 hours old (14 - 21 days ~ 17.5 x 24 hours/day = 420)

What is the average weight of Mice Fuzzies?

4.5 grams (3+6 = 9 and 9/2 = 4.5)

What measuring units would be most useful for measuring the length of a mouse? Feet, Inches or Decameters ?

Inches (A large mouse is about 3 inches long)

Adin has two solar panels, but he is not sure which panel is not working right. Which extra accurate lab equipment would be most helpful for his investigation? Super-accurate: stopwatch, weighing scale, thermometer, or camera (explain why)

None really, but a Super-accurate thermometer is likely to provide more information than his other options.

Kylie wants to test if she can find two snowflakes that are alike. Which extra accurate lab equipment would be most helpful for his investigation? Super-accurate: stopwatch, weighing scale, thermometer, or camera (explain why)

Super-accurate camera because the snowflakes are more likely to vary visually.

Maddex hypothesizes that a broken candy won’t last as long as a whole candy. To test his theory, which extra accurate lab equipment would be most helpful? Super-accurate: stopwatch, weighing scale, thermometer. or camera (explain why)

Super-accurate weighing scale because the test won’t be “fair” if the starting weights are not equal.

How many milliseconds are shown? round to the nearest millisecond (1s = 1000ms)

83,440 ms (60+23)1000+440

How many seconds are shown? (round to the nearest second)

83 (60+23=83 and 44/100 rounds down)

How accurately can a typical stopwatch measure? (1 x 10 to what power?)

To the hundredth of a second (1 x 10 to the -2nd)

Our Sun is 864,000 miles in diameter. Write this in Scientific Notation.

8.64 x 10 to the 5th miles in diameter

Convert 10 to the -7th pounds to milligrams & round to the hundredths place (1 lb = .4536 Kg) (1Kg=1000g) (1g=1000mg)

.05 mg (1 lb = 453600 mg so 10 to the -7th lbs = .04536 mg which rounds up to .05) (a grain of salt = .06 mg)

Two friends who weigh 150 lbs are standing 1 meter (3.3 feet) apart. The gravitational force of attraction between the friends is 10 to the -7th pounds. Write this number as a decimal.

.0000001 lbs

Typical athletes take between .16 to .2 seconds to react to the starting signal. What is their average reaction time written in milliseconds? (1s=1000ms)

180 ms (.18/1000)