Exam 1: Measurement

How long is a 10.0-ft pole in meters?

The speed of light in a vacuum is 300,000,000 m/s. Represented in powers-of-10 notation, this is

A set value for a fundamental quantity is called a(n) ______________ unit.

The natural sciences are divided into ______________ sciences and biological sciences.

For the multiplication of 4.212 m divided by 7.60 m, the result should be reported with how many significant figures?

A friend from Europe asks what the length of a 100-yd football field would be in meters. After doing the conversion, what would you tell her?

The unit of density in the mks system is ______________.

The ratio of mass to volume is known as ______________.

A measurement of 0.00254 g is the same as

A combination of one or more fundamental units is called a(n) ______________ unit.

A(n) ______________ is a comparison of an unknown physical quantity with the standard unit.

The current definition of a kilogram is the mass of a platinum-iridium cylinder kept in

______________ is a measurement of the quantity of matter.

Which statement is incorrect?

The natural sciences are divided into physical sciences and ______________ sciences.

In ratio form, the equivalence statement 1 mi = 1.61 km would be expressed as ______________.

An object's ______________would be the same on Earth and on the Moon, but its weight would be different.

The metric prefix that means one-thousandth (1/1000) is

Dry air has a density of 1.29 kg/m³. What would be the volume of a metric ton of air?

Perform the operation of 147.02/0.338, and report the result with the proper number of significant figures in standard powers-of-10 notation.