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1. What is the scientific method?

A logical approach to solving problems by observing and collecting data, formulating

hypotheses, testing hypotheses, and formulating theories supported by data.

2. Which of the following are quantitative?

a. The liquid floats on water qualitative

b. The metal is malleable qualitative
c. The liquid has a temperature of 55.6 °C quantitative

3. How do hypotheses and theories differ?

A hypothesis is a testable statement that serves as a basis for making predictions and for
carrying out further experiments. A theory is a broad generalization that explains a body
of facts of phenomena.

4. How are models related to theories and hypotheses?

A useful model is usually proposed after a hypothesis is shown to be correct. A model

that successfully explains many phenomena may become part of a theory.

5. Suppose you had to test how well two types of soap work. Describe your experiment using the
terms control and variable.

Answers can vary. Each trial in the experiment should involve using the two types of
soap under the same set of conditions. Controlled variables might include water
temperature or type of soil or grease to be cleaned.

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1. What is the density of a block of marble that occupies 310. cm3 and has a mass of 853 g?

2.75 g/cm3

2. Diamond has a density of 3.26 g/cm3. What is the mass of a diamond that has a volume of 0.351
cm3?

1.14 g

3. What is the volume of a sample of liquid mercury that has a mass of 76.2 g, given that the density
of mercury is 13.6 g/mL?

5.60 mL
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1. Express a length of 16.45 m in centimeters and kilometers.

1645 cm & 0.01645 km

2. Express a mass of 0.014 mg in grams

0.000 014 g

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1. Why are standards needed for measured quantities?

There must be agreement on meaning and size of units. Standards for units must be
unchanging to avoid confusion and ambiguity.

2. Label each of the following measurement buy the quantity each represents. For instance, a
measurement of 10.6 kg/m3 represents density.

a. 5.0 g/mL density e. 25.3 cm3 volume h. 30.23 mL volume

b. 37 s time f. 325 ms time i. 2.7 mg mass
c. 47 J energy g. 500 m2 area j. 0.005 L volume
d. 39.56 g mass

3. Complete the following conversions

a. 10.5 g = 0.0105 kg e. 1.2 L = 1200 mL

b. 1.57 km = 1570 m f. 358 cm3 = 0.000 358 m3
c. 3.54 µg = 0.000 003 54 g g. 548.6 mL = 548.6 cm3
d. 3.5 mol = 3,500,000 µmol

4. Write conversion factors for each equality.

Set the two sides of the equality on top of each other and you have a conversion factor

5. a. What is the density of an 84.7 g sample of an unknown substance if the sample occupies 49.6
cm3?

1.71 g/cm3

b. What volume would be occupied by 7.75 g of this same substance?

4.53 cm3
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6. A student converts grams to milligrams by multiplying by the conversion factor !"""!!". Is the
student performing this calculation correctly?

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The method the student is using is incoreect. it gives the nonsense units !". A correct
!"""!!"
method would be to multiply by !!!
.

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1. What is the percentage error for a mass measurement of 17.7 g, given that the correct value is 21.2
g?

-17 %

2. A volume is measured experimentally as 4.26 mL. What is the percentage error, given that the
correct value is 4.15 mL?

2.6 %

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1. Determine the number of significant figures in each of the following:

a. 804.05 g 5 d. 400 mL 1
b. 0.014 403 0 km 6 e. 30,000. cm 5
c. 1002 m 4 f. 0.000 625 000 kg 6

2. Suppose the value “seven thousand centimeters” is reported to you. How should the number be
expressed if it is intended to contain the following?

a. 1 significant figure 7000 cm

b. 4 significant figures 7000. cm
c. 6 significant figures 7000.00 cm

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1. What is the sum of 2.099 g and 0.05681 g?

2.156 g

2. Calculate the quantity 87.3 cm – 1.655 cm

85.6 cm
3. Calculate the area of a rectangular crystal surface that measures 1.34 µm by 0.7488 µm.

1.00 µm2

4. Polycarbonate plastic has a density of 1.2 g/cm3. A photo frame is constructed from two 3.0 mm
sheets of polycarbonate. Each sheet measures 28 cm by 22 cm. What is the mass of the photo
frame?

440 g

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1. What is the volume, in mL, of a sample of helium that has a mass of 1.73 x 10-3 g, given that the
density is 0.178 47 g/L?

9.69 mL

2. What is the density of a piece of metal that has a mass of 6.25 x 105 g and is 92.5 cm x 47.3 cm x
85.4 cm?

1.67 g/cm3

3. How many mm are there in 5.12 x 105 km?

5.12 x 1011 mm

4. A clock gains 0.020 seconds per minute. How many seconds will the clock gain in exactly six
months, assuming that each month has exactly 30 days?

5.2 x 103 s

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1. The density of copper is listed as 8.94 g/cm3. Two students each make three density determinations
of samples of the substance. Student A’s results are 7.3 g/mL, 9.4 g/mL, and 8.3 g/mL. Student
B’s results are 8.4 g/cm3, 8.8 g/cm3, and 8.0 g/cm3. Compare the two sets of results in terms of
precision and accuracy.

B’s results are both more precise and more accurate.

2. Determine the number of significant figures.

a. 6.002 cm 4 d. 7000 kg 1
b. 0.0020 m 2 e. 7000. kg 4
c. 10.0500 g 6
3. Round 2.6765 to two significant digits.

2.7

4. Carry out the following calculations.

a. 52.13 g + 1.7502 g = 53.88 g

b. 12 m x 6.41 m = 77 m2

c. 16.25 g / 5.1442 mL = 3.159 g/mL

5. Perform the following operations. Express each answer in scientific notation.

a. (1.54 x 10-2 g) + (2.86 x 10-1 g) = 3.01 x 10-1 g

b. (7.023 x 109 g) - (6.62 x 107 g) = 6.967 x 109 g

c. (8.99 x 10-4 m) x (3.57 x 104 m) = 3.21 x 101 m2

d. (2.17 x 10-3 g) / (5.022 x 104 mL) = 4.32 x 10-8 g/mL

6. Write the following numbers in scientific notation.

a. 560,000 = 5.6 x 105

b. 33,400 = 3.34 x 104

c. 0.000 412 0 = 4.120 x 10-4

7. A student measures the mass of a beaker filled with corn oil. The mass reading averages 215.6 g.
The mass of the beaker is 110.4 g.

a. What is the mass of the corn oil?

105.2 g

b. What is the density of the corn oil if its volume is 114 cm3?

0.923 g/cm3

8. Calculate the mass of gold that occupies 5.0 x 10-3 cm3. The density of gold is 19.3 g/cm3.

9.6 x 10-2 g
9. What is the difference between a graph representing data that are directly proportional and a graph
of data that are inversely proportional?

Directly proportional: straight line that passes through the origin w/ positive slope
Inversely proportional: hyperbola (half of a parabola)

10. The mass of a liquid is 11.50 g and its volume is 9.03 mL. How many significant figures should
its density value have? Explain the reason for your answer.

The density value should have 3 significant figures, because 9.03 only has 3 significant
figures.

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1. How does quantitative information differ from qualitative information?

Quantitative information is numerical; qualitative information is non-numerical

2. What is a hypothesis?

A testable statement that serves as a basis for making predictions and carrying out
further experiments

3. a. What is a model in the scientific sense?

A visual, verbal, or mathematical explanation of how phenomena occur and data are
related

b. How does a model differ from a theory?

A model, if it is successful, may become part of a theory. A theory is much broader than a
model.

4. Why is it important for a measurement system to have an international standard?

To have universal agreement and avoid confusion

5. How does a quantity differ from a unit? Use two examples to explain the difference.

A quantity, such as volume and mass, is something that has magnitude, size, or amount. A
unit, such as liter and gram, compares what is to be measured with a previously defined
size.

6. List the seven SI base unites and the quantities they represent.

Meter, length; kilogram, mass; second, time; Kelvin, temperature; mole, amount of
substance; ampere, electric current; candela, luminous intensity
7. What is the numerical equivalent of each of the following SI prefixes?
a. kilo- 1000 or 103
b. centi- 1/100 or 10-2
c. mega- 1 000 000 or 106
d. micro- 1/1 000 000 or 10-6
e. milli- 1/1000 or 10-3

8. Identify the SI unit that would be most appropriate for expressing the length of the following.
a. width of a gymnasium meter
b. length of a finger millimeter or centimeter
c. distance between your town and the closest border of the next state kilometer
d. length of a bacterial cell micrometer

9. Identify the SI unit that would be most appropriate for measuring the mass of each of the following
objects.
a. table kilogram
b. coin gram
c. a 250 mL beaker gram

10. Explain why the second is not defined by the length of the day.

Fundamental unites must be unvarying, but day length depends on earth’s rotation rate,
which is not constant.

11. a. What is a derived unit?

A unit that can be obtained from combinations of fundamental units

b. What is the SI-derived unites for area?

The square meter (m2)

12. a. List two SI-derived unites for volume.

Cubic meter, cubic centimeter

b. List two non-SI unties for volume, and explain who they relate to the cubic centimeter.

liter = 1000 cm3, milliliter is equal to 1 cm3

13. a. Why are the unites used to express the densities of gasses different from those used to express
the densities of solids or liquids?

Smaller unites are used because gases are less dense

b. Name two unites for density.

g/cm3, g/L
 c. Why is the temperature at which density is measured usually specified?

Temperature affects volume

14. a. Which of the solids listed in Table 4 will float on water?

cork, butter, ice

b. Which of the liquids will sink in milk?

mercury

15. a. Define conversion factor

A ration that is derived from the equality between different unites that can be used to
convert from one unit to another unit

b. Explain how conversion factors are used.

The unit to be changes is multiplies by a conversion factor that has the desired unit in the
numerator and the unit to be canceled in the denominator

16. What is the volume, in m3, of a rectangular solid that is 0.25 m long, 6.1 m wide, and 4.9 m wide?

7.5 m3

17. Find the density of material, given that a 5.03 g sample occupies 3.24 mL.

1.55 g/mL

18. What is the mass of a sample of material that has a volume of 55.1 cm3 and a density of 6.72
g/cm3?

3.70 x 102 g

19. A sample of a substance that has a density of 0.824 g/mL has a mass of 0.451 g. Calculate the
volume of the sample.

0.547 mL

20. How many grams are in 882 µg?

8.82 x 10-4 g

21. Calculate the number of mL in 0.603 L.

6.03 x 102 mL
22. The density of gold in 19.3 g/cm3

a. What is the volume, in cm3, of a sample of gold that has a mass of 0.715 kg?

37.0 cm3

b. If this sample of gold is a cube, what is the length of each edge in cm?

3.33 cm

23. a. Find the number of km in 92.25 m.

9.225 x 10-2 km

b. Convert the answer in km to cm.

9.225 x 103 cm

24. Compare accuracy and precision.

Accuracy refers to the closeness of measurement to the correct or accepted value.

Precision refers to the closeness of a set of measurements to one another.

25. a. Write the equation that is used to calculate percent error.

!"#$%!"#!$%&!'()* !!!"#$%!"#$!%
% error = !"#$%!"#$!%
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b. Under what condition will percentage error be negative?

If the experimental value is lower than the accepted value

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26. How is the average for a set of values calculated?

By adding the values and dividing by the numbers of the values

27. What is meant by a mass measurement expressed in this form: 4.6 g +/- 0.2 g?

Between 4.4 and 4.8 g

28.Suppose a graduated cylinder were not correctly calibrated. How would this affect the results of a
measurement? How would it affect the results of a calculation using this measurement?

It would introduce error in the measurement and any subsequent calculations

29. Found each of the following measurements to the number of significant figures indicated.

a. 67.029 g to three significant figures 67.0 g

b. 0.15 L to one significant figures 0.2 L
c. 52.8005 mg to fie significant figures 52.800 mg
d. 3.174 mol to three significant figures 3.17 mol

30. State the rules governing the number of significant figures that result from each of the following
operations.
a. addition and subtraction
The answer must have the same number of digits to the right of the decimal point
as there are in the measurement that has the fewest digits to the right of the
decimal point.

b. multiplication and division

The answer can have no more significant figures than are in the measurement that
has the fewest number of significant figures

31. What is the general form for writing numbers in scientific notation?

M x 10n, where M is greater than or equal to 1 but less than 10 and n is a whole number

32. a. By using x and y, state the general equation for quantities that are directly proportional.

y/x=k or y=kx

b. For two directly proportional quantities, what happens to one variable when the other variable
increases?
It increases by the same factor

33. a. State the general equation for quantities, x and y, that are inversely proportional.

xy=k

b. For two inversely proportional quantities, what happens to one variable when the other
increases?

It decreases by the same factor

34. Arrange in the correct order the following four basic steps for finding the solution to a problem:
compute, plan, evaluate, and analyze.

analyze, plan, compute, evaluate

35. A student measure the mass of a sample as 9.67 g. Calculated the percentage error, given that the
correct mass is 9.82 g.

-1.5%
36. A handbook gives the density of calcium as 1.54 g/cm3. Based on lab measurements, what is the
percentage error of a density calculation of 1.25 g/cm3.

-19%

37. What is the percentage error of a length measurement of 0.229 cm if the correct value is 0.225 cm?

2%

38. How many significant figures are in each of the following measurements?
a. 0.4004 mL four
b. 6000 g one
c. 1.000 30 km six
d. 400. mm three

39. Calculated the sum of 6.078 g and 0.3329 g.

6.411 g

40. Subtract 7.11 cm from 8.2 cm

1.1 cm

41. What is the product of 0.8102 m and 3.44 m?

2.79 m2

42. Divide 94.20 g by 3.167 22 mL.

29.74 g/mL

43. Write the following numbers in scientific notation.

a. 0.000 673 0 6.730 x 10-4
b. 50 000.0 5.000 00 x 104
c. 0.000 003 010 3.010 x 10-6

44. The following numbers are in scientific notation. Write them in ordinary notation
a. 7.050 x 103 g 7050. g
7
b. 4.000 05 x 10 mg 40 000 500 mg
c. 2.350 0 x 104 mL 23 500. mL

45. Perform the following operation. Express the answer in scientific notation and with the correct
number of significant figures. 0.002115m x 0.0000405m

8.57 x 10-8 m2

46. A sample of a certain material has a mass of 2.03 x 10-3 g. Calculate the volume of the sample,
given that the density is 9.133 x 10-1 g/cm3. Use the four step method to solve the problem.
2.22 x 10-3 m3
47. A man finds that he has a mass of 100.6 kg. He goes on a diet and several months later he finds that
he has a mass of 96.4 kg. Express each number in scientific notation and calculate the number of
kilograms the man has lost by dieting.

rewritten numbers: 1.006 x 102 kg, 9.64 x 101 kg; final answers: 4.2 kg

48. A large office building is 1.07 x 102 m long, 31 m wide and 4.25 x 102 m high. What is its volume?

1.4 x 106 m3

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49. An object has a mass of 57.6 g. Find the object’s density, given that its volume is 40.24 cm3.

1.43 g/cm3

50. A lab worker measures the mass of some sucrose as 0.947 mg. Convert that quantity to grams and
to kilograms.

9.47 x 10-4 g; 9.47 x 10-7 kg

51. A student calculates the density of iron as 6.80 g/cm3 by using lab data for mass and volume. A
handbook reveals that the correct value is 7.86 g/cm3. What is the percentage error?

-13.5%