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Stegall-#4
Dimentional Analysis
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How many meters are in 1 Kilometer? | 1000 |
| Which is larger? A Kilometer or a Meter? | Kilometer |
| How many centimeters are in 1 meter? | 100 |
| Which is larger? a meter or a centimeter? | Meter |
| How many decimeters are in 1 meter? | 10 |
| How many micrometers are in 1 meter? | 1,000,000 - 1 million |
| How many Nanometers are in 1 Meter? | 1,000,000,000 - 1 billion |
| Which is larger? a nanometer or a meter? | Meter |
| Equality? 60 minutes = | 1 hour |
| Equality? 100 centimeters= | 1 meter |
| Equality? 60 seconds = | 1 minute |
| Equality? 60 seconds = | 1 minute |
| Equality? 24 hours = | 1 day |
| Equality? 365.25 days= | 1 year |
| Equality? 100 centimeters= | 1 meter |
| Equality? 100 years= | 1 century |
| Equality? 1000 milliLiters= | 1 Liter |
| Equality? 1 KiloGram= | 1000 grams |
| Equality? 10 deciLiters= | 1 Liter |
| Equality? 1 gram= | 1 milliliter of water at 4 degrees C. |
| Equality? 1 cubic centimeter of water= | 1 gram |
| How do you make any whole # into a fraction? | Put it over a 1. |
| What is the characteristic of any fraction that is equal to 1? | The top & the bottom have the same value. |
| When can you cancel #s or units while multiplying fractions? | Like #s &/or like units. Any top to any bottom. |
| How do you know how many significant digits to round a calculated answer? | You look at the original measurements and count up the # of significant digits. The answer must be rounded to the same # of significant digits as the original measurement with the least # of significant digits. |
| What is the proper form for scientific notation? | 1 non-zero digit - decimal - other significant digits x 10 to some power. |
| In Scientific Notation does the exponent become larger or smaller when you move the decimal to the left? | Larger |