Scientific Measurement

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Quiz yourself on scientific measurements.
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Quiz by F Kolias, updated more than 1 year ago
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Question 1

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Which of these is not correct?
Answer
  • 100 cm = 1 m
  • 1000 mL = 1L
  • 1 mL = 1 cm^3
  • 10 kg = 1 g

Question 2

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How many significant figures are in the measurement 2103.20 g?
Answer
  • 2
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6

Question 3

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How many significant figures in the measurement 0.040200 m?
Answer
  • 3
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7

Question 4

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How many grams are in 2.5 kg?
Answer
  • 0.0025
  • 25
  • 250
  • 2500

Question 5

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Which is the SI (metric) unit for volume?
Answer
  • L
  • g
  • K
  • mg

Question 6

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How many seconds are in a 40-hr workweek?
Answer
  • 1.4 x 10^5 s
  • 3600 s
  • 14400 s
  • 3.6 x 10^5 s

Question 7

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Your car gets 35 miles per gallon. How many km per liter does that equal? (1.61km = 1 mile) and (1L = 0.264 gallons)
Answer
  • 17 km/L
  • 15 km/L
  • 6.4 km/L
  • 244 km/L

Question 8

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Closeness of a measurement to its true value is a measure of its:
Answer
  • usefulness
  • reproducability
  • precision
  • accuracy

Question 9

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Which sets of measurements is the most precise?
Answer
  • 1, 3, 2
  • 10.5, 11.0, 11.5
  • 12, 15, 10
  • 120, 121, 122

Question 10

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What is the volume of 60.0g of ether if its density is 0.70 g/mL?
Answer
  • 86 mL
  • 0.012 mL
  • 42 mL
  • 0.024 mL

Question 11

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Some liquid has a density of 1.19 g/mL. What is the mass of 2.0L of this liquid?
Answer
  • 2380 g
  • 0.000420 g
  • 0.595 g
  • 2.38 g

Question 12

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A student measures a volume of 25 mL, whereas the correct volume is 23 mL. What is the percent error?
Answer
  • 0.087%
  • 8.0%
  • 8.7%
  • 0.92%

Question 13

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What is the area of a piece of metal that measures 4.15 cm x 1.8 cm? Use significant figures.
Answer
  • 7.47 cm^2
  • 7.5 cm
  • 7.5 cm^2
  • 7.47 cm

Question 14

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What is the area of a substance that measures (1.7 x 10^-5 m) x (3.72 x 10^-4 m) Use proper significant figures
Answer
  • 6.324 x 10^-9 m2
  • 6.32 x 10^-9 m2
  • 6.324 x 10^-1 m2
  • 6.3 x 10^-9 m2

Question 15

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How many cm^3 are in 1 m^3 ?
Answer
  • 10^3
  • 100
  • 10^6
  • 10^9

Question 16

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A box measures 0.50 m x 0.50 m x 0.50 m. What is the volume (L) of the box?
Answer
  • 0.125 L
  • 12.5 L
  • 125 L
  • 1250 L

Question 17

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What is the lowest point on the Kelvin scale?
Answer
  • 100
  • 0
  • -273
  • 273

Question 18

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Convert 378 Kelvin into Celsius.
Answer
  • 651 C
  • 105 C
  • 378 C

Question 19

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Convert 378 Celsius into Kelvin.
Answer
  • 651 C
  • 105 C
  • 378 C

Question 20

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Which is the correct scientific notation for 0.000864
Answer
  • 86.4 x 10^-5
  • 86.4 x 10^-4
  • 8.64 x 10^-5
  • 8.64 x 10^-4

Question 21

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What is this number, 8.675 x 10^5 in standard form? Round to two significant figures
Answer
  • 870000
  • 867500
  • 0.000087
  • 0.0000867
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