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Read fifteen zoomed rain gauges in inches or centimeters with tenth-unit divisions, half-unit intermediate ticks and whole-unit labels.
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Reading graduated cylinders
Read twelve zoomed graduated cylinders across five selectable capacities and graduation sizes, including values halfway between printed marks.
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Read the bottom center of each concave meniscus. Estimate halfway between minor marks when needed.
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Read liquid volume at the bottom center of a concave meniscus and estimate half of a minor interval.
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A 0.1 mL scale has its meniscus halfway between 1.8 mL and 1.9 mL. What is the reading?
1.85 mL
Read the low center of the meniscus. Half of a 0.1 mL interval is 0.05 mL, so the reading is 1.85 mL.
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- Follow the lowest point of the curved meniscus horizontally to the scale.
- Name the minor graduation before reading the liquid.
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