A measured digit that comes from a measuring instrument
What is a significant figure
100
A way of writing numbers so that they always include a decimal point
What is scientific notation
100
Temperature unit most people are familiar with
What is Fahrenheit
200
A digit in a measurement that is either non-zero, a zero that is between two significant figures, or a zero at the end of the number and to the right of the decimal
What is Significant Figure
200
A metric unit of volume
What is Liter
200
First rule of significant figures
What is all nonzero digits are significant
200
20,000,000,000,000,000,000 in scientific notation
What is 2 X 10 to the 19th
200
Temperature units used by chemists
What is Celsius and Kelvin
300
A method of conversion using the multiplication of fractions
What is Factor-label method
300
The English unit of mass
What is Slug
300
Second rule of significant figures
What is all zeros in front of the first 1-9 digits are not significant
300
Two basic rules for scientific notation
What is place only 1 digit (not a 0) in front of the decimal point, and only significant figures go in front of the multiplication sign
300
Temperature (Celcius and Fahrenheit) at which water boils
What is 100.0 degrees Celcius and 212.0 degrees Fahrenheit
400
An indication of how close a measurement is to the true value.
What is Accuracy
400
A distance of 1 inch in the metric system
What is 2.54 cm
400
Number of significant figures in 105.340 and 0.00450010
What is 6 and 6
400
Rule about adding and subtracting measurements with significant figures
What is round your answer so that it has the same precision as the least precise measurement in the calculation.
400
Equation to convert Fahrenheit to Celcius
What is degrees C = 5/9 (degrees F - 32)
500
An indication of the scale on the measuring device that was used
What is Precision
500
A volume of 1.0 gallons in the metric system
What is 3.79 L
500
The last two rules of significant figures
What is all zeros between two significant figures are significant, and all zeros at the end of a number and to the right of the decimal point are significant
500
Rule for multiplying and dividing measurements with significant figures
What is round the answer so that it has the same number of significant figures as the measurement with the fewest significant figures.