Metric Prefixes
This is the metric prefix meaning 1000.
What is kilo-?
The scientific notation version of 1325.
What is 1.325x103?
The inch equivalent of 2 feet of length.
What is 24 inches?
This is the systematic investigation of the universe that produces observations, inferences, and models.
What is science?
The two branches of physical science.
What are Physics and Chemistry?
This is the metric prefix meaning 100.
What is centi-?
The scientific notation version of 0.00084.
What is 8.4x104?
The number of seconds in 2.5 hours.
What is 9000?
This states that every effect has a specific, identifiable cause and every cause produces a predictable effect.
What is the Law of Cause and Effect?
These are the two trademarks of a workable model.
What are:
- explains the world well; and
- makes accurate predictions?
This is the quantity corresponding to the prefix mega-.
What is 106?
The decimal version of 5.67x105.
What is 567,000?
The number of feet in 51 inches.
What is 4.25?
This is the idea that nature acts the same way today as it has previously and will continue to do so in the future.
What is the Principle of Uniformity?
These are the components of a measurement.
What are a number and a unit?
This quantity corresponds to the prefix micro-.
What is 10-6?
The decimal version of 4.75x10-2.
What is 0.0475?
A meteor travelling at 120,000 m/min will travel this many kilometers in a second.
What is two?
This is a workable explanation or description of a phenomenon.
What is a model?
These are the two contributing factors to the error of a measurement.
What are instrument error and the individual?
What is 106?
The result of dividing 2.4x10-6 by 1.2x10-7.
What is 20?
A furlong per fortnight can be expressed as approximately this many miles per hour.
What is 0.0052?
This is the ongoing, orderly, and cyclical approach to investigating the world.
What is scientific inquiry?
These are the three types of models.
What are physical, conceptual, and mathematical?