Lab Safety & Equipment
Percent Error
Precisely Accurate
Sig Figs
Scientific Notation
100

The length of time you rinse your eyes in the eye wash. 

What is 15 minutes

100

The value that you obtain in a laboratory experiment

What is the measured or experimental value


100

Actual value is 75.7 grams

Measured value is 63.0 grams

What is not accurate

100

The number of significant figures in 0.0950 m

What is 3

100

The number 87,333 in scientific notation

What is 8.7333 x 104

200

The appropriate glassware used to measure exactly 25.0 mL of liquid.

What is a graduated cylinder.

200

The value that to which you compare your measured value. 

What is accepted or actual value


200

Actual value is 35.06 cm3

Measured values are 25.11 cm3, 24.98 cm3, and 25.06 cm3

What is low accuracy and high precision

200

The answer in proper significant figures 

 (5.4 x 104) x (3.5 x 109)

What is 1.9 x 1014

200

The number 6,320,000 in scientific notation

What is 6.320 x 106


300

Mandatory safety equipment used in almost all chemistry experiments.  

What are lab goggles

300

Calculate percent error:

measured value = 23.6 grams

actual value = 25.0 grams

What is 5.60 %

300

In a cornhole game 3 of 4 red beanbags go through the hole and one is on the ground. Yet 1 of 4 blue beanbags go through the hole and 3 are on the board. 

The more accurate bean bags.

What are the red bean bags.


300

56.3798+23.409+34.0590+21. with correct significant figures

What is 135

300

The number 0.000000008 in scientific notation

What is 8 x 10-9


400

The "smile" that an aqueous liquid makes when in a glass measuring device.

What is the meniscus

400

Calculate Percent Error with correct sig figs:

measure valued = 103.2 oC

actual value = 100.0 oC

What is 3.200 %

400

Kicker 1 hits field goals over 50 yards 35.0 % of the time.

Kicker 2 hits field goals over 50 yards 57.7 % of the time.

The kicker with higher precision.

Who is Kicker 2.

400

14.2 x 8.72 x 0.912 reported to correct significant figures.

What is 113

400

The product of the following numbers:

(5 x 107) x (6 x 108)

What is 3 x 1016

500

Mr. Petri always says

What is "Be alert and proceed with caution!"

500

Actual value if measured value is 10.0 grams and the value is 20.0 % too high

What is 8.33 grams

500

Percent error for an experiment is 15.0 %.  The value for the percent yield. 

What is 85.0%

500

The calculation for the following in proper significant figures: 6.6 x 106 / [(8.8 x 10-2) x (2.5 x 103)]

What is 3.0 x 104

500

The quotient of the following numbers:

(6 x 1025)/(2 x 1019)

What is 3 x 106