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Question 1

What is the difference between mass and volume?

Answer 1

Mass is the matter of an object while volume is the space an object occupies.

Question 2

How is the mean calculated?

Answer 2

Add up all the numbers and then divide that number by the amount of numbers you added.

Question 3

How many digits are you supposed to estimate to?

Answer 3

One digit past how precisely your tool can measure.

Question 4

What is the definition of Accuracy?

Answer 4

How close measurements are to a given value.

Question 5

What is the definition of Precision?

Answer 5

How close measurements are to each other.

Question 6

Symbol- m

Answer 6

milli

Question 7

Symbol- n

Answer 7

nano

Question 8

Symbol- u

Answer 8

micro

Question 9

Symbol- c

Answer 9

centi

Question 10

Symbol- h

Answer 10

hecto

Question 11

Symbol- k

Answer 11

kilo

Question 12

Symbol- M

Answer 12

mega

Question 13

Symbol- G

Answer 13

giga

Question 14

How many base units are in 1 cm?

Answer 14

0.01 / 10^-2

Question 15

How many base units are in 1 mm?

Answer 15

0.001 / 10^-3

Question 16

How many base units are in 1 um?

Answer 16

0.000001 (FIVE 0s) / 10^-6

Question 17

How many base units are in 1 nm?

Answer 17

0.000000001 (EIGHT 0s) / 10^-9

Question 18

Symbol- p

Answer 18

pico

Question 19

How many nano units are in 1 unit?

Answer 19

10^9

Question 20

How many micro units are in 1 unit?

Answer 20

10^6

Question 21

How many milli units are in 1 unit?

Answer 21

10^3

Question 22

How many centi units are in 1 unit?

Answer 22

10^2

Question 23

How many pico units are in 1 unit?

Answer 23

10^12

Question 24

How do you find the volume of an irregular object?

Answer 24

You put the object in a graduated cylinder and record the difference in the water’s height.

Question 25

What tool is used to measure mass?

Answer 25

Scale.

Question 26

What change would happen to something's mass on the moon?

Answer 26

Nothing.

Question 27

How do you find the median of a set?

Answer 27

You list all the numbers from smallest to greatest and then find the number in the very middle.

Question 28

How do you find the range of a set?

Answer 28

You subtract the smallest number from the largest.

Question 29

What is the difference between precision and accuracy?

Answer 29

Accuracy is relevant to how close measurements are to a TARGET value, while precision is relevant to how close the measurements are to EACH OTHER.

Question 30

When measuring using a graduated cylinder, what do you measure from?

Answer 30

The meniscus.

Question 31

What is the equation to find Fahrenheit?

Answer 31

F = (C) (9/5) + 32

Question 32

What is the equation to find Celcius?

Answer 32

C= (F-32) (5/9)

Question 33

What is the equation for Kelvin?

Answer 33

K = C +273