SigFigs
Conversions
Uncertainty
Definitions
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0.10 has this many significant figures

what is two

100

Convert 5g to kg

0.005kg

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Measurements are said to be this when they all are very close in value.

What is precise

100

Define Significant figures

The number of figures that express the precision of a measuring tool used to measure a value.

100

This historical event gave rise to the metric system

What is the French Revolution

200

204.00 has this many significant figures

What is five

200

Convert 45.5cm to m

0.455cm

200

A student's measurements would be this if they are close to the true value but do not have a tight grouping of measurements

What is accurate but not precise

200

Define the Metric System

A system in which values can be calculated in factors of 10.

200

This is the main difference between speed and velocity

What is velocity has direction

300

Our measurements become this when the number of our significant figures increases.

What is precision.

300

Convert 8.7kg to mg

8,700,000mg

300

The definition for uncertainty is this

What is the quantitative measure of how much you measured values deviate from a standard or expected value.

300

Define a Fundamental Unit

Units that can only be expressed relative to the procedure used to measure them

300

The order and name of all the planets closest to furthest from the sun

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

400

When adding or subtracting measurements with different amounts of sigfigs, the final answer can only have this many sigfigs after the decimal place.

What is as many decimal places as the measurement with the least amount of decimal places.

400

Convert 47km/h to m/min

780m/min

400

This is the formula for finding percentage uncertainty

what is %unc = Uncertainty(deltaA) / Average(A) * 100%

400

Define a Derived Unit

Units that can be calculated using algebraic combinations of fundamental units.

400

What are the 3 types of particles in an atom

What are protons, neutrons, and electrons


500

50.5km times 2.5km

130km

500

Convert 99.0 miles/hr to m/s (1km=0.621miles)

44.3 m/s

500

What is the uncertainty for the measurements below.

1.54s

1.89s

1.73s

1.66s

1.59s

+-0.19s

500

Define Conversion Factors

A ratio expressing how many of one unit are equal to another unit

500

The name of Mr. Milton's cat

What is Luna