Scientific Method
What is another name for an educated guess?
What is hypothesis?
0.00234 rounded to 2 significant figures
What is 0.0023 or
2.3 X 10-3
The prefix milli has what exponent value
What is 103
How many sig figs are in the number 0.00450?
What is 3?
What is the term that describes a measurement that is close to the actual or known value?
What is accurate?
This is what is done to prove or disprove an hypothesis
What is an experiment
123,456 rounded to one Significant figure
What is 100,000
Does the prefix Mega make the base unit smaller or larger?
What is larger?
If you add 2.34 to 1.145, what is the sum with correct sig figs?
What is 3.49?
How many Kelvin are 45OC?
What is 318K?
This type of variable is what is changed in an experiment. It is also called the manipulated variable
What is the independent variable
9.0455 rounded to 3 significant figures?
What is
9.05
What is the product of 103 X 107?
What is 1010 ?
What is the product when you multiply 442.0 by 12 using sig fig rules?
What is 5300?
What is the formula for percent error?
What is
actual - theoretical/ actual * 100
This variable is what is observed as a result of the experiment. It is also known as the responding variable
What is the dependent variable?
4.00896 rounded to 4 significant figures
What is
4.009
What do you get when 102 is divided by 108?
What is 10-6?
What is the answer to the following using correct sig figs?
12860/120
What is 110?
What metric unit of mass would best measure the mass of a dollar bill...the kg, g, or mg?
What is the gram?
This is a well tested explanation for a broad set of observations
What is a theory
0.0006576 rounded to 1 significant figure
What is
0.0007 or 7 X 10-4
What is the sum of
2.0 X 106 + 3.0 X 105 ?
(Don't forget sig figs)
What is 2.3 X 106 ?
What is the answer to the following
(6.2 x 105 X 4.22 X 106)/
(2.4 x 102 X 3 x 10-8)
using correct sig figs?
What is 4 X 1017?
If you measure 23.5 mL of water in your graduated cylinder, what mass of water would you have?
What is 23.5 grams?