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Chem 1
Lesson: Physical quantities
Question | Answer |
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Mass is? | Is the actual amount of matter that a substance contains |
Is mass and weight the same? True or False. | False |
Weight is? | Is a measure of the gravitational attraction exerted by the center of gravity upon a body |
Is mass a constant or variable? | constant |
Is weight a constant or variable? | variable |
It is the distance between two points. It is the measurement of something from to end or along its longest side | Length |
Is the interval between two events, and employs units quite familiar to us - days, hours, minutes, and seconds | Time |
It is not a fundamental unit as it is derived from length | Volume |
It is calculated by multiplying the length, width, and depth/height | Volume |
It can be measured using graduated cylinder, a burette, a pipette or a volumetric flask | Volume |
Temperature is? | Is the degree of hotness or coldness of a body. It is the property of matter that determines the direction of heat transfer. |
Temperature is measured by what device? | Thermometer |
Base temperature of Kelvin? | 273.15 k |
Base temperature of Celsius? | 0 celsius |
Base temperature of Fahrenheit? | 32 |
Who made the Kelvin unit? | William Thomson, or Lord Kelvin, a Scottish Physicist |
It is a problem-solving method that uses the fact that any number or expression can be multiplied by one without changing its value. | Factor Unit Method |