Derived Units
Common Non-SI Units
Measurement
Significant Digits
Scientific Notation
100
SI unit of area
What is cm^2 (or m^2)?
100
The metric unit of volume
What is a liter?
100
How close an answer is to an accepted value
What is accuracy?
100
The number of significant digits in the number 1.8
What is 2
100
The following number expressed in scientific notation: 6001
What is 6.001 x 10^3?
200
SI unit of volume
What is dm^3 (cm^3)?
200
The metric unit of density in mass over volume
What is g/mL?
200
The reproducibility of a measurement
What is precision?
200
The number of significant digits in the number 6.0
What is 2?
200
The following number expressed in scientific notation: 14.2
What is 1.42 x 10^1?
300
SI unit of density
What is kg/m^3 (or g/cm^3)?
300
The metric unit of temperature
What is Celcius
300
The digits that describe the precision of a measurement plus the final, uncertain digit
What are significant figures?
300
The number of significant digits in the number 10.1
What is 3?
300
The following number expressed in standard form: 1.16 x 10^3
What is 1160?
400
SI unit of pressure
What is a pascal?
400
The metric unit of pressure
What is mmHg (or atmospheres)?
400
The difference between a measured value and true value without regard to sign
What is error?
400
The number of significant digits in the number 100.1
What is 4?
400
The following number expressed in scientific notation: 82
What is 8.2 x 10^1
500
SI unit of energy
What is a joule?
500
The English unit of temperature
What is Fahrenheit?
500
The amount by which a measured value differs from the true value, expressed as a percent
What is percent error?
500
The number of significant digits in the number 200.400
What is 6?
500
The following number expressed in scientific notation: 0.00043
What is 4.3 x 10^-4?
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