Calculations
Metric Prefixes
Significant Figures
Units of Sci Notation
Grab Bag
100
This is ratio of the mass to volume of a substance.
What is Density?
100
This metric prefix multiplies its base unit by 1,000.
What is kilo?
100
This is the number of sig figs in the following number: 3.279
What is 4?
100
Write 0.00013 in scientific notation.
What is 1.3 x 10-4?
100
g/cm3 are units of this
What is density?
200
The calculation of this value is obtained by dividing the change in the y value by the change in the x value for two points.
What is slope?
200
The prefix milli multiplies the base unit by this much.
What is 1/1,000?
200
This is the number of sig figs in the following number: 0.100
What is 3?
200
How is 4.6 x 10-3 written as a decimal?
What is .046?
200
Cutting a substance in half does this to its density
What is does not change the density?
300
A student calculate the mass of an object to be 18 grams, but the actual mass of the object was 20 grams. What is the percentage of error in the student's calculation?
What is 10%?
300
This unit means 100 times the base unit.
What is Hecto?
300
This is the number of sig figs in the following number: 0.00045
What is 2?
300
The SI unit for mass
What is kilogram?
300
This is changed by the experimenter and is graphed on the x-axis
What is the independent variable?
400
An object having a density of 3 g/cm3 occupies a volume of 20 cm3. What is the mass of this object?
What is 60 grams?
400
This prefix means 10 times the base unit.
What is Deka?
400
Calculate the value of 23.123123 x 1.3344 to the correct number of sig figs.
What is 30.855?
400
A candela is a metric unit for the intensity of this
What is light?
400
This is the agreement between several measures.
What is precision?
500
State the formula for computing the percent of error in a measurement.
What is % Error = (Measured - Actual / Actual) x 100
500
This prefix means multiply the base by one million.
What is Mega?
500
Solve: 23.112233 + 1.3324 + 0.25 = ? account for sig figs.
What is 24.69?
500
In the scientific notation form A x 10n, the A represents this
What is the Mantissa?
500
This is why it is preferred to conduct multiple trials of an experiment.
What is it increases the experiment's validity?
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