Scientific Measurement Flashcards

0
Q

What is volume of a cube with 10cm on each edge?
A. 1 gram
B. 1 liter
C. 1 meter

A

B. 1 liter

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1
Q

What is the SI Unite of length?
A. Meter
B. Liter
C. Grams

A

A. Meter

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2
Q

What is the difference between experimental and accepted value?
A. Temperature
B. Density
C. Error

A

C. Error

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3
Q

What is the closeness of the measurement to the TRUE value?
A. Accuracy
B. Weight
C. Density

A

A. Accuracy

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4
Q

What is the degree of hotness or coldness of an object?
A. Temperature
B. Weight
C. Density

A

A. Temperature

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5
Q

What is the ratio of the mass of an object to its volume?
A. Precision
B. Accuracy
C. Density

A

C. Density

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6
Q

What is concerned with the reproducibility of measurement?
A. Error
B. Precision
C. Density

A

B. Precision

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7
Q

What is the measure of the pull of gravity on a given mass?
A. Precision
B. Temperature
C. Weight

A

C. Weight

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8
Q

How many significant figures are in the measurement 2103.2g?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5

A

C. 5

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9
Q

What does the metric prefix kilo mean?
A. 100 times smaller
B. 1000 times smaller
C. 1000 times larger

A

C. 1000 times larger

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10
Q

What is the metric unit of volume?
A. km
B. K
C. L

A

C. L

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11
Q

Which of these measurements is expressed to 3 significant figures?
A. 0.070 mm
B. 7007 mg
C. 7.30 x 10 -5

A

C. 7.30 x 10 -5

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12
Q

How many “0” in the measurement 0.000040200 are significant?
A. 7
B. 3
C. 2

A

B. 3

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13
Q
  • 14* C corresponds with what Kelvin reading?
    A. 259 K
    B. 287 K
    C. -287 K
A

A. 259 K

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14
Q

What does the metric prefix milli mean?
A. 1000 times smaller
B. 1000 times larger
C. 100 times smaller

A

A. 1000 times smaller

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15
Q

How many significant figures are in the following numbers?
A. 5,600
B. 0.00445
C. 2.4 x 10-6

A

A. 2
B. 3
C. 2

16
Q

Put the following in scientific notation?
A. 402,000,000
B. 0.000708

A

A. 4.02 x 10 ^8

B. 7.08 x 10-4

17
Q

Perform the following operations.
A. 36.47 + 2.721 + 15.1 =
B. (8.74 x 10 9) / (4.2 x 10-6) =

A

A. 54.3

B. 2.08 x 10 15

18
Q

Are zero digits in a measurement significant?

A

Sometimes

19
Q

Does the mass of an object change with its location?

A

Never

20
Q

Does the density of a substance decrease as the temperature increase?

A

Sometimes