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chem quiz 1

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Matter What is matter? the substances that make up our world. Everything is matter: air, water, wood, soap, etc. Anything that takes up space.
Chemistry study of the composition, structure, properties, and reactions of matter
The scientific method is how scientists think….explain these steps: OBSERVATION, HYPOTHESIS, EXPERIMENT, CONCLUSION 1. Make observations and ask a question about the observation 2. Hypothesize (initial thought) a possible explanation of the observations 3. Conduct experiments (reason for explanation) to test the hypothesis 4. Use results to reach a conclusion
Identify as an observation, hypothesis, experiment, or conclusion: eating salsa gives me heartburn Observation/Conclusion
Identify as an observation, hypothesis, experiment, or conclusion: If I stop eating salsa, my heartburn will go away Hypothesis
Identify as an observation, hypothesis, experiment, or conclusion: I will stop eating salsa for 10 days, then eat salsa twice a week for the next 10 days, and record each time I have heartburn in a journal Experiment
Identify as an observation, hypothesis, experiment, or conclusion: During an emergency room assessment, a nurse writes that the patient has a resting pulse of 30 beats per minute Observation
Identify as an observation, hypothesis, experiment, or conclusion: The nurse thinks that an incision from a recent surgery that is red and swollen is infected Hypothesis
Identify as an observation, hypothesis, experiment, or conclusion: If I stop drinking coffee at night, I will be able to sleep at night Hypothesis
Identify as an observation, hypothesis, experiment, or conclusion: I will try drinking coffee only in the morning Experiment
Volume Amount of SPACE
Mass Amount of MATTER
What are the prefixes used to make the base unit LARGER starting with deca, 10, 10^1 Deca 10 10^1 Hecto 100 10^2 Kilo 1,000 10^3 Giga 1,000,000,000 10^9 Tera 1,000,000,000,000 10^12
What are the prefixes used to make the base unit SMALLER starting with decimal, 0.1, 10^-1 (1/10) Deci 0.1. 10^-1 (1/10) Centi 0.01 10^-2(1/100) Milli 0.001 10^-3(1/1,000) Micro 0.000001 10^-6(1/1,10^6) Nano 0.000000001 1-^-9(1/10^9)
How many SF: 1001 4....If there is a digit on either end and its not a decimal, they all count as significant
How many SF: 0.000579 3....zeros before digits in a decimal are not SF
How many SF: 123,000 3...Only 3 because zeros at the end of long numbers don't count
How many SF: 10.000 5....THey all count since its a decimal
Created by: lindsayanderson
 

 



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