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100

The unit of length in the metric system

What is the meter?

100

The prefix "centi" means what in the metric system

What is 1/100th or 10-2?

100

The number 123.045 has this number of sig.figs.

What is six?

100

The amount of kilograms in 5000 milligrams.

What is 0.005 kg?

100

The number of bread slices needed to make 53 PBJ sandwiches.

What is 106 slices of bread?

100

This law states "for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction."

What is Newton's Third Law?

200

The standard unit for mass in the metric system

What is the kilogram?

200

What does the prefix "milli" mean in the metric system?

What is 1/1000th?  (or similar answer)

200

The amount of sig figs in 0.00045

What is 2?

200

The number of times bigger is something that has a mass of 8 x 104 kg than an object with a mass of 2 x 102 kg

What is 400 times?

200

Speed of light in meters per second

What is 3 x 108 m/s?

200

Sound travels faster in which of the following mediums: water, air or space?

What is water?

300

The official unit of temperature in the metric system

What is degrees Kelvin?

300

The prefix "kilo-" in kilometer means this in the metric system

What is 10m?

300

The amount of sig. figs in 1.023 x 10-34

What is 4?

300

The amount of kilograms in 100 milligrams (put answer in scientific notation)

What is 1 x 10-4 kilograms?

300

Fill in the blank. Velocity, ______, Jerk, Snap, Crackle, Pop.

What is acceleration?

300

The color you get when you mix red and green light.

What is yellow?

(Mixing light is very different from mixing paints)

400

The unit for quantity of a substance in the metric system.

What is the mol?

400

What does the prefix "pico" mean

What is 10-12?

400

Express 5 in scientific notation

What is 5 x 100?

400

The percent of the mass of the sun (m = 2 x 1030 kg) that a planet (m = 5 x 1015 kg) makes up.  Put answer in scientific notation.

What is 2.5 x 10-13 %?

400

Number of milliseconds in a year.

What is 3.15 x 1010 milliseconds?

400

True or false: The Eiffel Tower is taller in the summer than in the winter.

What is true?

500

The unit of pressure in the metric system

What is the Pascal?

500

What does the symbol μ represent?

What is the prefix "micro-", which represents 10-6?
500

Write 30920000000 m/s in scientific notation and indicate number of sig figs

What is 3.092 x 1010 m/s and 4?

500

Seconds in a year in scientific notation

What is 3.1 x 107 seconds?

500

Speed of light in miles per hour (put answer in scientific notation)

What is 6.7 x 108 miles per hour?

500

With SpaceX how much does it cost for Elon Musk to send 1 kilogram into space

What is $140?