Calculations
This is the ratio of the mass to volume of a substance.
What is Density?
This metric prefix multiplies its base unit by 1,000
What is a kilo?
How many sig figs are in the number:
3.279
Write 0.00013 in scientific notation.
1.3 x 10^-4
g/cm<sup>3</sup> are units for this
What is density?
The calculation of this is obtained by diving the change in y value by the change in x value.
What is slope?
The prefix milli multiplies the base unit by this much.
What is 1/1,000
This is the number of sig figs in the number:
0.100
3
What is 4.6 x 10^-3 in standard form?
.0046
Cutting a substance in half does this to its density.
A student calculated the mass of an object to be 18 grams, but the actual mass of the object is 20 grams. What is the student's percent error?
What is 10%?
This metric unit is 1/1,000,000 of the base unit
What is micro?
This is the number of sig figs in the number:
0.00045
2
What is the SI Unit for mass?
This is changed by the experimenter and is graphed on the x-axis.
What is the independent variable.
What is 60 grams?
This prefix means 10 times the base unit.
What is deka?
Calculate the value to the correct number of sig figs:'
23.123123 x 1.3344
30.855
A candela is a metric unit for the intensity of this.
What is light?
This is the agreement between several measurements.
What is precision?
State the formula for calculating Percent Error.
Measured value - actual value divided by actual value times 100
This metric prefix multiplies the base unit by one million.
What is Mega?
Solve for correct number of sig figs:
23.112233 + 1.3324 + 0.25
24.69
In scientific notation, A x 10^n, the A represents this.(What is the term?)
This is why it is important to conduct multiple trials of an experiment.
To increase the experiment's validity.