Chapter 1 Measuring Up

Units/Measurements

100

The correct base metric unit for volume

Liter

200

What physical quantity is measured with mg?

Mass

300

76  kilograms is how many grams?

76,000 grams

400

Which has more mass, a 0.3 g rock or a 30.0 mg rock?

0.3 g rock

500

What is equivalent to the prefix milli?

a) 0.001                     b) 1/1000  

c) both a and b           d) 1000

c) both  a and b

Significant Figures

100

How many significant figures in  0.00150670?

6

200

There is always some error in which significant figure of a measurement?

a) First                 b) Last  

c) Middle             d) All of the above

b) Last

300

 3.1 in + 8.991 in = ?

12.1 in

400

How many significant figures in 609,000 cm?

3

500

How many significant figures will the answer of the following multiplication have?

134.5 x 42 

2

Anything/Chapter 1

100

The equation for Density

D= Mass/Volume

200

Convert 0.000345 into scientific notation.

a) 345 x 10⁴                  b)345 x 10^-6

c) 3.45 x 10⁴                d)3.45 x 10^-4

e) none of the above

d) 3.45 x 10^-4

300

Convert the number 3,478 to scientific notation.

a) 3.478 x 10³                 b) 3.478 x 10⁴

c)3.478 x 10⁵                 d) 34.78 x 10^-4

e) None of the above

a) 3.478 x 10³ 

400

When two materials that have different densities, like oil and water, encounter one another, they will 

a) Exchange densities     

b) Mix uniformly

c) Repel one another     

d) Separate according to their densities

d) Separate according to their densities

500

What is the density of water?

a) 0.11 g/cm³           b) 0.1 g/cm³

c) 1.0 g/cm³            d) 2 g/cm³

c) 1.0 g/cm³    

Matter

100

Which does not contain matter?

 a) air                       b) Lightning 

c) golf ball               d) balloon

b) Lightning

200

A student takes 3.1 g from a 15.12 g sample of a chemical. How much mass is left?

12.0 g 

300

An object is measured to be 0.56 m long. How many cm is that?

56 cm

400

Matter is anything that has...

a) cells and atoms        b) volume and mass

c) size and shape         d) weight and gravity

b) volume and mass

500

Which of the following is NOT an example of matter?

a) smoke                        b) heat

c) water                        c) water vapor

b) heat

Miscellaneous

100

A measure of how tightly packed the matter in a substance is its....

a) Mass                                   b) Weight

c) Volume                                d) Density

d) Density

200

The volume of a box was measured to be 3,245 cm³. What is its volume in mL?

3,245 mL

300

The English unit for mass is called

a) Gram                                 b) Newton

c) Slug                                   d) Gallon

                 

c) Slug

400

A bowl has a volume of 2.5 Liters. What is its volume in cubic centimeters (cm³)?

2,500 cm³

500

Convert the scientific notation into decimal notation

  1.2 x 10^-3

0.0012