Concepts
Explain the difference between precision and accuracy
Accuracy = Close to target
Precision = Repeatable results
What is the scale for the prefix "milli"?
Multiply by 10-3
What is an order of magnitude?
The number of digits of a value that can be represented to a power of 10
(increasing the decimal place)
What famous concert is held in a valley in California?
Coachella
Who was the last MLB player to break the 700 home run mark?
Albert Pujols
What is the difference between a scalar and a vector
Magnitude vs Magnitude + Direction
A number, to be in scientific notation, must be between ____ and _____ and be multiplied by a power with a base of ______
1.0 to 9.99999...
Base 10
What is a reasonable order of magnitude for the amount of gumballs that could fill up a backpack?
103
What famous multi-day concert in the 60s was seen as a cultural event in the history of the United States?
Woodstock
Who has the highest passing yards in NFL history without winning a Super Bowl?
Dan Marino
Why is speed a scalar and velocity/acceleration are vectors?
Speed has no direction
What is 22 meters in megameters?
0.000022 megameters
When you convert from a smaller unit of measurement to a larger unit of measurement, what happens to the amount of units?
They get smaller
Which country was an ally in WWI but an Axis power in WWII?
Italy
Where did LeBron say he would have gone to college if he had not gone straight to the NBA from high school?
Ohio State
For every prism, in order to find volume, you must first calculate what?
The area of the base shape (face)
What is 12 liters in nanoliters?
12,000,000,000 liters (billion)
If an archer shoots 3 arrows at the target and they all hit the bottom left of the 3rd ring, is the archer more accurate or precise? Explain why?
He is more precise because while his arrows may hit the same spot, they are far away from the desired target.
Which band took the famous picture on Abbey Road and went on to dominate the world of music during their time together?
The Beatles
Other than Alabama (duh), what school has the largest amount of NFL Pro Bowlers who went there?
Notre Dame
Which of these is not an SI base unit of measurement?
10 sec
13 m
22 km
37 kg
22 Kilometers
What is 2305 centimeters in picometers?
23,050,000,000,000 (trillion)
23 trillion, 50 billion picometers
What is the approximate conversion for feet into meters?
1 meter = ____ feet?
One meter = 3.28 feet
What happened on December 7th, 1941... a day that will "live in infamy" in the history of the United States?
Pearl Harbor Bombing
Name the NBA player from the University of Georgetown based on their career path
SEA/OKC - BOS - MEM - LAC - ORL - CLE - WAS - UTAH - HOU - BKLN - DEN - HOU