Chapter 1 Flashcards
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______ properties ______ depend on sample
Intensive; don’t
_______ Properties ________ depend on the sample
Extensive; do
Summarize past experiments; predict future ones
Law
Speculation, proposed reasoning based on several hypothesis
Theories
Seven fundamental units
SI Units; Mass - kg; length - m; Time - s; Temp - K; Substance - mol; volume - m^3
Constant because quantity of matter cannot change
Mass
Variable, dependent on gravity
Weight
Ratios used to express a quantity of dif units
Conversion factors
Conversion factor chosen must _______ all units except the unit in the _______
Cancel out; answer
Measure of how hot or cold an object is relative to another
Temperature
Energy that flows from object with higher temp to lower temp
Heat
T(inC) + 273.15 = __
Celsius to Kelvin
[T(inF) - 32]x5/9 = ____
Fahrenheit to Celcius
A characteristic & physical property, ratio of ______ & _______
Density;Mass/Volume
Mass, volume, energy, ______ on amount of substance
Extensive property; dependent
Density, temp, _______ on amount of substance
Intensive property; does not
How close measurements in series are to eachother
Precision
How close each measurement is to the actual value
Accuracy
Either ALL higher OR lower than actual value
Systematic
Higher AND lower than actual value
Random
Peta (P)
10^15
Tera (T)
10^12
Giga(G)
10^9
Mega(M)
10^6