Chapter 1 - Units & Measurment

Question 1

A number alone, without units, is ______?

Answer 1

Ambiguous

Question 2

What are the units used for LENGTH?

Answer 2

cm and feet

Distance, circumference - length of a circles borders

Question 3

❤️ What are the units used for AREA??

Answer 3

cm^2 and ft^2

❤️ an ellipse can be used to measure area

Question 4

❤️ What units are used for VOLUME???

Answer 4

Cm^3 and ft^3

❤️

Question 5

The term “increase by a factor of ___ “ means

❤️

Answer 5

MULTIPLY by that number

❤️

Question 6

The term “decrease by a factor of_____” means

❤️

Answer 6

Divide by that number

❤️

Question 7

0.000001 is what in the metric notation??

❤️

Answer 7

10^-6 or micro

Question 8

What is the meaning and prefix for 10^9???

❤️

Answer 8

Billion and giga

❤️

Question 9

What is the meaning and prefix for 10^-3??

Answer 9

Thousandth and milli

Question 10

How many hertz is 3MHz??

Answer 10

3,000,000

M = million,mega, and 10^6

Question 11

How much bigger is a billion than a million??

Answer 11

1,000 times

Question 12

How many milliliters are contained in a jar filled with 5 liters of fluid?

Answer 12

5,000

Question 13

How many liters are in 80ml of fluid?

Answer 13

0.080

Question 14

All numerical values should have corresponding _______ ?

Answer 14

Units