Question 1

Estimate the number of McDonald's fries, laid end-to-end, it would take to circumscribe
Earth.

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Question 2

In the spring of 2010 an off-shore oil drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico.Not long
after the explosion there was a 2mm thick oil slick that was 8 km long by 5 km wide.How
much oil was in the slick? Express your answer in liters.

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Question 3

There's enough concrete in the Hoover dam to build a 2-lane highway from Seattle to Miami.
Estimate the volume of concrete in the Hoover dam.Express your answer in cubic meters.

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Question 4

Estimate the area of the bottom of your shoe.Use this estimate to calculate the pressure you
exert on the floor while standing on one foot.(Express your answer in kPa).

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Question 5

Describe why crushed ice cools your beverage faster than larger ice cubes.

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Crushed ice has a greater surf

Question 6

Distance between sound wave pulses is most closely associated with a sound wave's

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A) pitch 
B) amplitude 
C) wavelength 
D) frequency 
A) pitch 
B) amplitude 
C) wavelength 
D) frequency

Question 7

How many millimeters are there in one meter? a. $10 ^ { 2 }$
b. $10 ^ { 3 }$
c. $10 ^ { - 2 }$
d. $10 ^ { - 3 }$

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Question 8

How many cubic centimeters are there in a cubic meter? a. $10 ^ { 3 }$
b. $10 ^ { 6 }$
c. $10 ^ { 2 }$
d. $10 ^ { 4 }$

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Question 9

How many meters are there in one nanometer? a. $10 ^ { 6 }$
b. $10 ^ { 9 }$
c. $10 ^ { - 6 }$
d. $10 ^ { - 9 }$

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Question 10

Calculate the paint thickness if 2 liters of paint covers a wall 3 meters high by 10 meters
long.Use appropriate units.

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Question 11

Estimate the number of banks in the U.S.

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Question 12

The second moment of area provides information about an object's

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A) ability to resist bending 
B) ability to resist wear 
C) ability to absorb light 
D) ability to reflect light 
A) ability to resist bending 
B) ability to resist wear 
C) ability to absorb light 
D) ability to reflect light

Question 13

A certain unsharpened cylindrical #2 pencil is 6.25 mm in diameter and 25.5 mm long.What is the pencil's surface area? a. $30 \mathrm {~cm} ^ { 2 }$
b. $6.25 \mathrm {~cm} ^ { 2 }$
c. $25 \mathrm {~cm} ^ { 2 }$
d. $50 \mathrm {~cm} ^ { 2 }$

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Question 14

A motorcycle has a magnet attached to the rim of its front wheel.The front tire has a diameter of 60cm .A magnetic pickup is attached to the front forks and receives an electronic
Pulse each time the magnet passes by.How far has the motorcycle traveled when the pickup has
Received 10 pulses? a. $600 \mathrm {~cm}$
b. $60 \mathrm {~m}$
c. $1885 \mathrm {~cm}$
d. $1.885 \mathrm {~m}$

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Question 15

Another name for rectangular coordinate system is

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A) polar coordinate system 
B) cylindrical coordinate system 
C) square coordinate system 
D) Cartesian coordinate system 
A) polar coordinate system 
B) cylindrical coordinate system 
C) square coordinate system 
D) Cartesian coordinate system

Question 16

A car travels 560km while consuming 60,000 cc of petrol (gasoline).What is the car's gas
consumption in km/l?

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Question 17

If an object is completely submerged in a fluid, its buoyant force is always equal to

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A) the weight of the object 
B) the volume of the fluid displaced 
C) the weight of the fluid displaced 
D) the density of the fluid displaced 
A) the weight of the object 
B) the volume of the fluid displaced 
C) the weight of the fluid displaced 
D) the density of the fluid displaced

Question 18

$$\text { You walk } 3 \mathrm {~km} \text { west and then } 4 \mathrm {~km} \text { headed } 60 ^ { \circ } \text { north of east. What is your total }$$ $$\text { displacement? }$$ a. $2.6 \mathrm {~km}$
b. $3.6 \mathrm {~km}$
c. $5 \mathrm {~km}$
d. $5.6 \mathrm {~km}$
e. $7 \mathrm {~km}$

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Question 19

An 4-meter tall vertical stack of firewood casts a 6-meter shadow on horizontal ground. What is the angle of the sun in the horizon? a. $8 ^ { \circ }$
b. $12 ^ { \circ }$
c. $45 ^ { \circ }$
d. $34 ^ { \circ }$

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Question 20

A rubber ball has a diameter of 8 cm.What is its surface area? a. $1 \mathrm {~cm} ^ { 2 }$
b. $10 \mathrm {~cm} ^ { 2 }$
c. $100 \mathrm {~cm} ^ { 2 }$
d. $1000 \mathrm {~cm} ^ { 2 }$

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Estimate the number of McDonald's fries, laid end-to-end, it would take to circumscribe Earth.

In the spring of 2010 an off-shore oil drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico.Not long after the explosion there was a 2mm thick oil slick that was 8 km long by 5 km wide.How much oil was in the slick? Express your answer in liters.

There's enough concrete in the Hoover dam to build a 2-lane highway from Seattle to Miami. Estimate the volume of concrete in the Hoover dam.Express your answer in cubic meters.

Estimate the area of the bottom of your shoe.Use this estimate to calculate the pressure you exert on the floor while standing on one foot.(Express your answer in kPa).

Describe why crushed ice cools your beverage faster than larger ice cubes.

Distance between sound wave pulses is most closely associated with a sound wave's

How many millimeters are there in one meter? a. $10 ^ { 2 }$ b. $10 ^ { 3 }$ c. $10 ^ { - 2 }$ d. $10 ^ { - 3 }$

How many cubic centimeters are there in a cubic meter? a. $10 ^ { 3 }$ b. $10 ^ { 6 }$ c. $10 ^ { 2 }$ d. $10 ^ { 4 }$

How many meters are there in one nanometer? a. $10 ^ { 6 }$ b. $10 ^ { 9 }$ c. $10 ^ { - 6 }$ d. $10 ^ { - 9 }$

Calculate the paint thickness if 2 liters of paint covers a wall 3 meters high by 10 meters long.Use appropriate units.

Estimate the number of banks in the U.S.

The second moment of area provides information about an object's

A certain unsharpened cylindrical #2 pencil is 6.25 mm in diameter and 25.5 mm long.What is the pencil's surface area? a. $30 \mathrm {~cm} ^ { 2 }$ b. $6.25 \mathrm {~cm} ^ { 2 }$ c. $25 \mathrm {~cm} ^ { 2 }$ d. $50 \mathrm {~cm} ^ { 2 }$

Another name for rectangular coordinate system is

A car travels 560km while consuming 60,000 cc of petrol (gasoline).What is the car's gas consumption in km/l?

If an object is completely submerged in a fluid, its buoyant force is always equal to

$\text { You walk } 3 \mathrm {~km} \text { west and then } 4 \mathrm {~km} \text { headed } 60 ^ { \circ } \text { north of east. What is your total }$ $\text { displacement? }$ a. $2.6 \mathrm {~km}$ b. $3.6 \mathrm {~km}$ c. $5 \mathrm {~km}$ d. $5.6 \mathrm {~km}$ e. $7 \mathrm {~km}$

An 4-meter tall vertical stack of firewood casts a 6-meter shadow on horizontal ground. What is the angle of the sun in the horizon? a. $8 ^ { \circ }$ b. $12 ^ { \circ }$ c. $45 ^ { \circ }$ d. $34 ^ { \circ }$

A rubber ball has a diameter of 8 cm.What is its surface area? a. $1 \mathrm {~cm} ^ { 2 }$ b. $10 \mathrm {~cm} ^ { 2 }$ c. $100 \mathrm {~cm} ^ { 2 }$ d. $1000 \mathrm {~cm} ^ { 2 }$

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Estimate the number of McDonald's fries, laid end-to-end, it would take to circumscribe Earth.

In the spring of 2010 an off-shore oil drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico.Not long after the explosion there was a 2mm thick oil slick that was 8 km long by 5 km wide.How much oil was in the slick? Express your answer in liters.

There's enough concrete in the Hoover dam to build a 2-lane highway from Seattle to Miami. Estimate the volume of concrete in the Hoover dam.Express your answer in cubic meters.

Estimate the area of the bottom of your shoe.Use this estimate to calculate the pressure you exert on the floor while standing on one foot.(Express your answer in kPa).

Describe why crushed ice cools your beverage faster than larger ice cubes.

Distance between sound wave pulses is most closely associated with a sound wave's

How many millimeters are there in one meter? a. 10210 ^ { 2 }102 b. 10310 ^ { 3 }103 c. 10−210 ^ { - 2 }10−2 d. 10−310 ^ { - 3 }10−3

How many cubic centimeters are there in a cubic meter? a. 10310 ^ { 3 }103 b. 10610 ^ { 6 }106 c. 10210 ^ { 2 }102 d. 10410 ^ { 4 }104

How many meters are there in one nanometer? a. 10610 ^ { 6 }106 b. 10910 ^ { 9 }109 c. 10−610 ^ { - 6 }10−6 d. 10−910 ^ { - 9 }10−9

Calculate the paint thickness if 2 liters of paint covers a wall 3 meters high by 10 meters long.Use appropriate units.

Estimate the number of banks in the U.S.

The second moment of area provides information about an object's

A certain unsharpened cylindrical #2 pencil is 6.25 mm in diameter and 25.5 mm long.What is the pencil's surface area? a. 30 cm230 \mathrm {~cm} ^ { 2 }30 cm2 b. 6.25 cm26.25 \mathrm {~cm} ^ { 2 }6.25 cm2 c. 25 cm225 \mathrm {~cm} ^ { 2 }25 cm2 d. 50 cm250 \mathrm {~cm} ^ { 2 }50 cm2

Another name for rectangular coordinate system is

A car travels 560km while consuming 60,000 cc of petrol (gasoline).What is the car's gas consumption in km/l?

If an object is completely submerged in a fluid, its buoyant force is always equal to

An 4-meter tall vertical stack of firewood casts a 6-meter shadow on horizontal ground. What is the angle of the sun in the horizon? a. 8∘8 ^ { \circ }8∘ b. 12∘12 ^ { \circ }12∘ c. 45∘45 ^ { \circ }45∘ d. 34∘34 ^ { \circ }34∘

A rubber ball has a diameter of 8 cm.What is its surface area? a. 1 cm21 \mathrm {~cm} ^ { 2 }1 cm2 b. 10 cm210 \mathrm {~cm} ^ { 2 }10 cm2 c. 100 cm2100 \mathrm {~cm} ^ { 2 }100 cm2 d. 1000 cm21000 \mathrm {~cm} ^ { 2 }1000 cm2

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Force and Force-Related Parameters

Temperature and Temperature-Related Parameters Temperature As a Fundamental Dimension

Electric Current and Related Parameters

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How many millimeters are there in one meter? a. $10 ^ { 2 }$ b. $10 ^ { 3 }$ c. $10 ^ { - 2 }$ d. $10 ^ { - 3 }$

How many cubic centimeters are there in a cubic meter? a. $10 ^ { 3 }$ b. $10 ^ { 6 }$ c. $10 ^ { 2 }$ d. $10 ^ { 4 }$

How many meters are there in one nanometer? a. $10 ^ { 6 }$ b. $10 ^ { 9 }$ c. $10 ^ { - 6 }$ d. $10 ^ { - 9 }$

A certain unsharpened cylindrical #2 pencil is 6.25 mm in diameter and 25.5 mm long.What is the pencil's surface area? a. $30 \mathrm {~cm} ^ { 2 }$ b. $6.25 \mathrm {~cm} ^ { 2 }$ c. $25 \mathrm {~cm} ^ { 2 }$ d. $50 \mathrm {~cm} ^ { 2 }$

An 4-meter tall vertical stack of firewood casts a 6-meter shadow on horizontal ground. What is the angle of the sun in the horizon? a. $8 ^ { \circ }$ b. $12 ^ { \circ }$ c. $45 ^ { \circ }$ d. $34 ^ { \circ }$

A rubber ball has a diameter of 8 cm.What is its surface area? a. $1 \mathrm {~cm} ^ { 2 }$ b. $10 \mathrm {~cm} ^ { 2 }$ c. $100 \mathrm {~cm} ^ { 2 }$ d. $1000 \mathrm {~cm} ^ { 2 }$