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Example Question #1 : High School Chemistry
What unit will be used to denote temperature in thermochemistry?
Joules
Celsius or Kelvin
Celsius
Fahrenheit
Kelvin
Kelvin
Temperature is the measure of the average kinetic energy of a system. Kelvin is the SI unit for temperature, and must be used because it is the only scale that does not have any negative numbers possible. At zero Kelvin (absolute zero) and there is absolutely no movement in the system, down to the atomic level.
While temperature is a means of measuring energy in a system, actual heat energy has the unit Joules.
Example Question #1 : High School Chemistry
Which of the following measurements contains 4 significant figures?
1. Any digit with a value 1-9 is always a significant figure
2. Any 0 between two digits 1-9 is always significant
3. If a number is greater than 1 and does not have a decimal point a 0 at the end is not significant because it is a tailing zero
4. If a number is less than 1 any 0 before a digit 1-9 is not significant because it is a leading zero
5. If there is a decimal point in any number, any 0 that follows a non-zero digit is always significant.
Thus, has 4 significant figures. The first 0 is not significant because of rule 4. The digits 1, 9, and 6 are always significant (rule 1) and the last 0 is also significant because there is a decimal point and that 0 follows a non-zero digit (rule 5).
Example Question #3 : Measurements
Which has the larger unit listed first?
Kilojoule and megajoule
Decaliter and kiloliter
Picometer and millimeter
Centigram and decigram
Microsecond and nanosecond
Microsecond and nanosecond
The following prefixes are ranked in order from largest to smallest with the power of 10 that the unit represents: peta (P) > tera (T)
> giga (G)
> mega (M)
> kilo (k)
> hecta (H)
> deca (D)
> unit > deci (d)
> centi (c)
> milli (m)
> micro
> nano (n)
> pico (p)
> femto (f)
. Thus a microsecond is one thousand times longer than a nanosecond.
Example Question #4 : Using Si Units
The measurement of is equal to which of the following?
Units in the metric system can be converted using the correct factor of 10.
Example Question #1 : Using Si Units
A certain metal is weighed on a balance in a weighing boat. Before the metal is added, the mass of the weigh boat is recorded at . The final mass of the weigh boat and the metal is
. The metal is added to a graduated cylinder filled with water to
. After the metal is added to the water the graduated cylinder reads
.
What is the density of the metal?
Density is equal to the mass of the object divided by the volume.
The mass of the metal is figured out by taking the mass of the metal and the weighboat and subtracting the weighboat
The volume of the water is calculated by the displacement of the water so take the final volume and subtract the initial volume.
The density of the metal is calculated by taking the mass divided by the volume.
after rounding to 3 significant figures.
Example Question #4 : Measurements
An object is measured to be tall. How tall is the object in inches?
You must use equalities and dimensional analysis to solve for the correct answer:
Each equality allows you to write a conversion factor 2 ways:
Example: can be written as
and
To cancel out units if there is a unit on top it must be cancelled out by the same unit on the bottom.
To solve you must cancel out units until you get to the proper unit
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