In Significant Figures and Notation
This type of zero is never considered significant, regardless of if the value includes a decimal point.
What is a "leading" zero?
These two properties of a substance are used together to determine its density.
What are mass and volume?
This letter is used to represent the metric prefix "centi-," or 1/100 of the base unit.
What is "c" (MUST BE LOWERCASE).
The "independent variable," in an experiment may also be referred to by this name, and is always plotted on the x-axis.
What is the "manipulated variable?"
When sending official mail to Herricks High School, you mark it for this address.
What is 100 Shelter Rock Road?
The value "100" is said to have this number of significant figures.
What is one significant figure?
This phenomenon is observed when a solid of low density is placed in a liquid of higher density.
What is floating?
This number of "milli" units are equal to one base unit. (i.e. ? millimeters = 1 meter)
What is 1000?
The "dependent variable" in an experiment may also be referred to by this name, and is always plotted on the y-axis.
What is responding variable?
The popular NBC sitcom, "The Office," takes place in this US state.
What is Pennsylvania?
The distance between the Earth and Moon is approximately 2.4 x 105 miles, represented by this value in longform notation.
What is 240,000 miles?
When calculating the density of a sample, volume is typically reported in these units. (Bonus for including both acceptable responses)
What is milliliters (mL) or centimeters cubed (cm3)?
According to this short metric poem, this king "died by drinking chocolate milk."
Who is King Henry?
(k h d b d c m)
Data recorded by an instrument marked to the tenth's place (i.e. .1 mL), must have an estimated digit in this place to be considered a valid measurement.
What is the hundredth's place? "X.XX"
In the fantasy film, "The Wizard of Oz," Scarecrow is without this body part, and seeks the help of Oz to obtain one.
What is a brain?
A meter is approximately 0.000621 miles, best represented by this value in scientific notation.
What is 6.21 x 10-4?
Water is unique in that its mass in grams is equal to this.
What is its volume in mL?
(density = 1 g/mL)
This metric prefix, representing 1/1,000,000 of a base unit, is represented by the lowercase Greek letter mu, "ยต."
What is "micro-?"
This type of graph or chart would best serve to compare amounts, particularly how much a sample represents of a whole.
During their 2022 Homecoming game, the Herricks Highlander football team will take on Roslyn, represented by this mascot.
What are the bulldogs?
The value "1050." is said to have this number of significant figures.
What is four significant figures?
A 100 gram sample of gold (density = 20 g/cm3), would occupy approximately this volume in cm3.
What is 5 cm3?
One of the larger prefixes in the metric system, "tera- (T)," represents this quantity of base units.
(i.e. 1 terasecond = ? seconds)
What is 1 trillion?
This line is drawn on a plot to "best" represent a set of data, rather than connecting the data point-to-point.
What is a "fit" line? (or "best fit" line)
An English class classic, Holden Caufield is the protagonist of this 1951 novel.
What is, "The Catcher in the Rye?"