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Scientific Method
Scientific Notation
Accuracy, Precision, and Certainty
Solving Problems with Significant Figures
Unit Conversions and Derived Units
Scientific Measurements
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The two types of data we can obtain through observations.

What is quantitative and qualitative data?

100

For a number to be in scientific notation  M*10^n , M must abide by this rule.

What is M must be between 1 and 10?

100

What number of this measurement is uncertain?

 124.8 m

8

100
What is the rule when multiplying or dividing?
Answer must have the same amount of significant figures as the measurement with the fewest amount of significant figures.
100
500 mg = _____ g
0.5 grams
100

Name this unit of power originally defined by James Watt for the steam engine. The unit was orignally based on the amount of work that a horse could perform within a second. 

What is horsepower?

200

The term for "a testable statement." These usually take the form of an "if-then"statement.

What is a hypothesis?

200

36200 written in scientific notation.

What is 

3.62*10^4?

200
How many significant figures are in the measurement 30,780 grams?
4
200
What is the rule when adding or subtracting?
The answer must have the same amount of significant figures to the right of decimal point as the measurement with the least amount of significant figures to the right of the decimal point.
200
2.5 km = ______ cm
250,000 cm
200

Name this unit used for measuring land. Coming from the Old English word for "a field", it was originally defined as the are that could be plowed by a yoke of oxen in a day, and is still commonly used in America do give sizes of plots of lands for homes.

What is an acre?

300
Difference between Qualitative and Quanitative answers
Qualitative - Describing something with out using numbers. Quantitative - Describing something using numbers.
300

245,860,000,000 in Scientific Notation

What is 

2.4586*10^11?

300
How many significant figures are in the measurement 3050.1 grams?
5
300
8.35 meters x 3.996 meters
33.4 square meters
300

The volume of a rectangular crystal with a length of 3.1 cm, a width of 4.501 cm, and a height of 2.21 cm.

What is 31 cm^3?
300

This unit of measurements was originally used in Babylon, where these small objects were used with a scale to weigh products. Name this unit that is still used in the British Imperial System as their current currancy system.

What is a stone?

400

The term for a broad generalization that explains a body of facts or phenomena.

What is a theory?
400

2.65*10^-12

 written as a normal number.

What is .00000000000265?

400

A tree is 70 feet tall. A student measuring the tree determines the size of the tree to be 67.3 ft. What is the percent error of the students measurement? 

What is 3.9% error?

400
98.0 pounds - 1.22 pounds
96.8 pounds
400
Calculate the density of an object with the mass of 24.3 grams and the volume of 32.9 mL.
.739 g/mL
400

This unit of measurement is based on the weight of the carb seed, once used by jewelers in Africa and Middle East. Name this unit, its name derived from the Arabic word for "bean" or "seed" which is also the name for a delicious treat for horses.

What is a carat?

500
Difference between independent and dependent variable
Dependent - responds to the independent variable Independent - changed by the experimenter
500
The number 0.000040340 in scientific notation.

What is 

4.0340*10^5?

500

The difference between accuracy and precision.

Accuracy - how close a measurement is to the actual answer 

Precision - how close a measurement is to other measurements of the same thing

500
7 centimeters x 1.86 centimeters x 0.002 centimeters
0.03 cubic centimeters
500
What is the volume of an object with the density if 1.25 g/mL and the mass of 281 grams?
225 mL
500

This comedic unit measures what quantity of beauty it would theoretically take to accomplish some goal. In a 1950s letter, R.C. Winston proposed this unit as the amount of beauty required to launch one ship. Name this unit of measurement which references the most beautiful woman to ever exist, whose negative value could sink a battleship.

What is a helen?