Accuracy and Precision
Measurements
SI
Density
Misc.
100

Having measurements that are close together but far from the target are

Precise but not accurate

100

_______ centimeters are in 1 meter.

100

100

The SI standard units for volume and mass are 

liters and grams

100

The relationship between the mass m of a material, its volume V, and its density D 

density= mass/volume

100

What is the equation for water displacement?

Vsubstance = Vfinal - Vinitial

200

Having measurements that are close together and close to the target.

Both precise and accurate

200

_____________ millimeters are in 1 meter.

1,000 millimeters

200

The symbols for units of length in order from smallest to base unit are 

pm, nm, um, mm, cm, dm, m

200

The density of aluminum is 2.70 g/cm3. The volume of a solid piece of aluminum is 1.50 cm3. 

What is 1.80 grams

200

An object is dropped into a graduated cylinder containing 10.0 mL of water.  If the density of the object is 3.15 g/mL, and its mass equals 15.0 g, how high did the water rise to in the graduated cylinder (what is the water’s final volume) after the object was placed in the water?

14.76mL

300

The measurement that was recorded was 1.500g but the actual measurement should have been 1.513g. What is the precent error and is that accurate?

0.86%, and accurate

300

The quantity of matter per unit volume is

density

300

The symbols for units of mass in order from base unit to largest unit are

g, dag, Hg, Kg, Mg, Gg, Tg

300

The mass of a 5.00 cm3 sample of gold is 96.5 g. 

19.3 g/cm3
300

Complete the calculation: 4.126g +100.28g

104.41g

400

Give an example of accurate and precise measurements if your target is 1.900g/mL

1.899, 1.900, 1.898, 1.899

400

The unit cm3 measures and equation for the derived unit.

volume = l *w* h

400

The two instruments used to measure the mass of an object.

digital scale and triple beam balance

400

The density of sugar is 1.59 g/cm3. The mass of a sample is 4.0 g. 

2.5 cm3

400

Write in scientific notation 0.000320

3.20x10-4

500

Calculate the precent error of the following samples 5.23g/mL, 5.64g/mL, 4.94g/mL. The theoretical value is 5.250g/mL. Is it precise or accurate?

0.4%, 7.4%, 5.9% , overall not precise and not accurate.

500

If your graduated cylinder reads to the tenths place what should your answer be in?

hundredths place

500

What is an example of a derived unit

density (g/mL) or volume (cm3)

500

When density of a cube with 2.00cm side, and a mass of 54.35g

6.79g/cm3

500

If there is a leak in a kids pool of 2.00 cups per hour and dimensions are 2.0 dm by 11.430 dm by 11.430 dm. How many days until it is empty.

1 m3 = 1000 Liters, 2 cups = 1 pint, 2 pints = 1 quart, 946 mL = 1 quart

23 days