Math and Physics
SI Units
Scientific Notation
Precision and Accuracy
Graphing
100
These are the rules for reporting significant digits.
Nonzero digits are Final zeroes after the decimal point are Zeroes bounded by 2 significant digits are Zeros used only as placeholders are not!
100
These three base SI units are the core of measurement in Mechanics.
What are meters, kilograms and seconds
100
This is the correct expression in scientific notation for 0.000020
What is 2.0 x 10^-5?
100
This is determined by the measuring instrument used.
What is precision?
100
This is another term used to denote the x-axis.
What is the abscissa?
200
These are the two cases in which numbers are considered exact, and so have an infinite number of significant digits.
What are counting numbers and conversion factors ?
200
This base unit is the only one used by both the English and SI systems
What is the second?
200
This is the correct expression in scientific notation for the number 456,000,000
What is 4.56 x 10^8?
200
We work actively to avoid this error in measurement.
What is parallax?
200
This is another name for the y axis.
What is the ordinate?
300
This is the correctly rounded sum of 1.456 m + 4.1 m +20.3 m
What is 25.9m?
300
This is the SI base unit for the amount of substance.
What is the mole?
300
This is the correct evaluation in scientific notation of the expression (5.2 x 10 ^-4)(4.0 x 10^8)
What is 2.1 x 10^4?
300
This is the reason you want to insist on meter sticks with metal ends when using them to determine a measurement.
What is accuracy?
300
Graphing the following values on your calculator results in this kind of relationship. (1, 19.4) (2, 38.6) (3, 58.1) (4, 77.4)
What is a linear relationship?
400
This is the rule for rounding in multi-step equations.
What is "Don't round until the end?
400
This name is given to a combination of base units, such as meters per second.
What is a derived unit?
400
This is the correct calculation in scientific notation for the expression (2.4 x 10^3) + (8.0 x 10^4)
What is 8.2 x 10^4
400
When we compare our measured value to the accepted value we are able to determine this.
What is the accuracy?
400
This is the name given to the shape of an inverse relationship on a graph.
What is a hyperbola?
500
This is the correct solution in scientific notation for d in the calculation: d = 19m +(25 m/s) (2.50s) +1/2 (-10.0 m/s^2)(2.50s)^2
What is 5.0 x 10^1 m.
500
This base unit is defined as the rate of decay of the Cesium 133 atom.
What is the second?
500
This is the acronym for remembering the order of algebraic operations.
What is PEMDAS?
500
When reporting the precision of any lab results, you can only be as precise as this.
What is the least precise measuring device you used?
500
This is the method used to obtain a linear graph from a quadratic relationship.
What is "Straightening the curve"?
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