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What is the SI unit for mass?
Which of the following is true about 1 meter?
Which of the following is NOT an SI base unit?
What does the term 'temperature' measure?
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How many centimeters are in 1 meter?
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What is the unit of luminous intensity in the SI units?
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What is the equivalent of 1 kilometer in miles?
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Which of the following correctly describes the conversion of mass?
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What happens to potential energy when a weight is lifted and then falls?
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Which type of energy is released when a stretched spring is released?
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In what scenario is potential energy converted to kinetic energy involving charges?
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What is the first step of the Scientific Method?
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Which of the following accurately describes a hypothesis?
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After conducting an experiment, which possible outcome can be drawn about the hypothesis?
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Which of the following is an example of converting potential energy into kinetic energy?
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What is a key characteristic of energy in physical systems?
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What determines the number of significant figures in a calculated answer when multiplying or dividing?
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When adding two measurements 83.5 mL and 23.28 mL, how many decimal places should the answer have?
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If the number 5.379 is rounded to three significant figures, what is the result?
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What is a key characteristic of exact numbers?
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If 17.6500 is rounded to two significant figures, what will be the final answer?
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In the calculation $9.2 ext{ cm} imes 6.8 ext{ cm} imes 0.3744 ext{ cm}$, what is the correctly rounded volume?
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What should be done with significant figures during multistep calculations?
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How many significant figures does the number 0.0000007160 cm³ have?
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What is the final result when calculating 16.205 cm² − 1.5 cm² rounded to the correct significant figures?
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How is precision defined in scientific measurements?
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What does random error in measurements indicate?
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Which of the following statements about significant figures is true?
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If you divide 48.0 g by 11.55 cm³, what is the correct answer rounded to the appropriate significant figures?
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In a calculation involving units, how would you express the multiplication of 3 ft and 4 ft?
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What is the result of the conversion $4.80 \times 10^4$ mg to grams?
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What characterizes a systematic error in measurements?
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How much fabric is required for 3 bolts if 1 bolt corresponds to 200 m²?
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What is the conversion factor from m² to ft² given that 0.3048 m = 1 ft?
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How many chairs can be accommodated if the available fabric is 6460 ft² and each chair requires 31.5 ft²?
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Which statement best describes density?
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What is the density of water at room temperature?
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At normal atmospheric pressure, what is the density of lead?
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Which substance has the highest density listed in the common substances table?
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Which condition must be considered when determining the density of a substance?
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Study Notes
Energy Conservation
- Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed from one form to another.
- Potential energy can be converted into kinetic energy in various systems.
Potential to Kinetic Energy Conversions
- Gravitational System: Lifting an object stores potential energy, which is released as kinetic energy when it falls.
- Spring System: A stretched spring contains potential energy that converts to kinetic energy when released, demonstrating energy conservation.
- Charged Particles: Separating oppositely charged particles stores potential energy, which converts to kinetic energy as they attract each other.
- Fuel Combustion: Chemical potential energy in fuel converts to kinetic energy, powering a car as the fuel burns.
Scientific Method
- Utilizes quantitative analysis to understand materials, moving beyond trial and error.
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Steps:
- Observation: Can be qualitative (visual) or quantitative (measured).
- Hypothesis: A testable and falsifiable explanation for observations.
- Experimentation: Designs predictions based on the hypothesis, executed to test them.
- Conclusions: Assess experimental data to validate or invalidate the hypothesis.
SI Base Units
- Mass: kilogram (kg)
- Length: meter (m)
- Time: second (s)
- Temperature: kelvin (K)
- Amount of substance: mole (mol)
- Electric current: ampere (A)
- Luminous intensity: candela (cd)
SI and English Equivalent Quantities
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Length:
- 1 km = 1000 m
- 1 m = 100 cm
- 1 cm = 0.01 m
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Volume:
- 1 m³ = 1,000,000 cm³
- 1 dm³ = 1000 cm³
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Mass:
- 1 kg = 1000 g
Significant Figures
- Multiplication/Division: Output retains the number of significant figures from the measurement with the fewest significant figures.
- Addition/Subtraction: Output follows the measurement with the fewest decimal places.
- Rounding rules: Adjust based on digits removed (greater than 5, less than 5, or exactly 5 followed by zeros).
Precision and Accuracy
- Precision: Closeness of measurements in a series.
- Accuracy: Closeness of measurements to the true value.
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Errors:
- Systematic error: Affects all measurements in one direction (higher or lower).
- Random error: Causes variations above and below the true value.
Density
- Defined as mass per unit volume, it is a characteristic physical property at given temperature and pressure.
- Density varies by substance, e.g.:
- Water: 0.998 g/cm³
- Gold: 19.3 g/cm³
Conversion Factors
- Ratios used to express quantities in different units, essential for converting measurements accurately in calculations.
Laboratory Practices
- Understanding the limits of measuring devices influences the accuracy of significant figures.
- Exact numbers have no uncertainty and do not limit significant figures in calculations.
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Explore the principles of energy conversion through potential and kinetic energy in various systems. This quiz will test your understanding of how energy is conserved and transformed in gravitational and spring systems. Discover the stability associated with lower energy states.