Conceptual Physics - Chapter 0/1 Review

SI Units

100

What is the SI unit for time?

Second

200

What is the SI unit for mass?

kg

300

What is the SI unit for length?

meter

400

What is the SI Unit for temperature?

Kelvin

500

What is the SI Unit for any of the following: (one correct answer necessary)

a) Amount of substance

b) Electric current

c) Luminous intensity

a) mole

b) ampere

c) candela

Conversion amounts

100

How many seconds in 1 hour?

3600 seconds/hour

200

How many imperial pounds in a kilogram?

2.2 lbs/kg

300

How many centimeters per inch?

2.54 cm/in

400

How many feet are in a mile?

5,280 ft per mile

500

How many cm³ per milliliter?

1 cm³/ml

Prefixes

100

What is the value for kilo-?

x 1000 or x 10³

200

What is the value of the prefix milli-?

x 1/1000 or

x 10^-3

300

What is the value of the prefix centi-?

x 1/100 or 

x 10^-2

400

What is the value of the prefix mega-?

*Hint - think of the way data is measured...

x 1,000,000 or

x 10⁶

500

What is the value of the prefix hecta-?

x 100 or

x 10²

Converting Quantities

100

3.5 minutes = __________ seconds

210 seconds

200

125 centimeters = __________ m

1.25 m

300

31,258 mm = ________ km

0.031258 km

400

439 mg = _______ kg

0.000439 kg

500

15 weeks 2 days = ______ hours

2,568 hours

Scientific Notation

100

Convert 3,456 m into scientific notation.

3.456 x 10³ m

must have units to be correct!

200

Convert 0.00369 into scientific notation

3.69 x 10^-3

300

Convert 328 km into meters with scientific notation.

3.28 x 10⁵ m

400

Convert 1.39 x 10^-4 into standard form.

0.000139

500

Convert 0.023 mg into grams in scientific notation.

2.3 x 10^-5 g