JADEN RAYNE F.

ORTILE
GRADE VII WISDOM
ACTIVITY 3.1- COMMON MEASURING TOOLS IN SCIENCE
NAME OF DESCRIPTION HOW TO USE IT
MEASURING TOOL
Spring scale is Hold the scale up
one of the tools and attach the
Spring scale in measuring object to be
tools in science. weighed to the
Spring scale can hook at the
measured weight bottom.
or force.
Ruler can be Place the zero
defined as a tool hash mark of the
or device to ruler exactly
RULER measure length along one end of
and draw straight the object. Note
lines. the hashmark on
the ruler along
which the other
side of the object
ends.
Graduated You should read
GRADUATED cylinder is used the amount of
CYLINDER to accurately liquid from the
measure the center of the
volume of liquids. meniscus.
Meniscus of most
liquids curves
down, but the
meniscus of
mercury curves
up.