Matter Classification
Scientific Method/ Physical and Chemical Changes
Accuracy and Precision
Sig figs
Unit Conversions
100

What state of matter has definite volume and shape?

Solid

100

Is burning wood a chemical or physical change?

chemical

100

5.0 g of carbon is weighed on a scale.

These are the following values obtained:

6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.3, 6.2

This is precise not accurate!

100

1000

1 sig fig!

100

1 nanometer = meters

1*10^-9 meters

200

What state of matter has definite volume and no definite shape?

Liquid
200

Dry ice turns into carbon dioxide gas.

Is this a chemical or physical change?

Physical change.
200

Systematic error is...

precise not accurate!

200

20.200

5 sig figs

200
A box has the following measurements:

l = 10 m

w = 20 m

h = 10 m

Its volume is how many km^3?

2*10^-6 km^3

300

What state of matter has no volume or shape?

Gas

300

Nitrogen gas and hydrogen gas combine to create ammonia gas. Is this a chemical or physical change?

Chemical change

300

10.0 mL is measured by multiple students.

10.1; 10.2; 10.0; 9.9; 10.0

Precise and accurate!

300

0.022 + 0.11

0.13; 2 sig figs

300

1000 mL = cm^3

1000 cm^3

400

What do you call a substance going from solid to gas?

Sublimation 

400

What is the difference between a hypothesis and a theory?

A hypothesis is what we believe will happen.

A theory is a well tested hypothesis backed up by research and data.

400

Random error is...

neither accurate nor precise 

400

1400*3.20

4500; 2 sig figs

400

3 days = ? seconds

259,200 seconds

500

What do you call a substance going from gas to liquid?

condensation

500

List the steps of the scientific method.

Observation 

Formulating a Question 

Hypothesis 

Experimentation 

Retesting

500

What is the difference between systematic and random error?

Systematic error is precise, random error is not.

500

(1.23 + 10.2)/30

0.4; 1 sig fig

500

154 * 10^20 pm = ? cm

1.54*10^12 cm