Measuring with a Graduated Cylinder
A Grade 3 science worksheet to help students understand how to read and use a graduated cylinder for measuring liquid volumes.
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Measuring with a Graduated Cylinder
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Use the image of the graduated cylinder to help you answer some questions.
1. What is a graduated cylinder used for in science?
2. Look at the picture of the graduated cylinder. What do the lines and numbers on the side help us do?
3. What unit of measurement do we usually use with a graduated cylinder?
Centimeters
Grams
Milliliters
Kilograms
4. When you pour liquid into a graduated cylinder, the top of the liquid forms a curve called the .
5. To read a graduated cylinder correctly, you should always look at the liquid at level.
6. You should always measure liquid in a graduated cylinder by looking at the very top edge of the liquid.
True
False
7. Why is it important to read a graduated cylinder at eye level?