Types of Measurements and Observations, Scientific Notation

Multiple Choice

What quantitative observation could you make if you were at the location in this picture?

• the temperature of the water

• the depth of the water

• the humidity of the air

• Any of these answers could be a quantitative onservation.

Multiple Select

What is a qualitative observation you can make about this picture?

Choose all of the correct answers.

• there are 2 bears

• the bear on the right weighs 300 lbs

• the bears are brown

• the bears look ready to fight

Multiple Choice

It is a measure of how close measurements come to each other when they are made in the same way

• Accuracy

• Precision

• Error

• Extrapolation

Multiple Choice

• Student A

• Student B

• Student C

• Cannot be determined

Multiple Choice

This bullseye demonstrates...

• High Accuracy & High Precision

• High Accuracy & Low Precision

• Low Accuracy & High Precision

• Low Accuracy & Low Precision

Multiple Choice

This bullseye demonstrates...

• High Accuracy & High Precision

• High Accuracy & Low Precision

• Low Accuracy & High Precision

• Low Accuracy & Low Precision

Multiple Choice

Describe the accuracy and precision of the image

• Accurate and Precise

• Accurate and not precise

• Not Accurate and Precise

• not accurate and not precise

Multiple Choice

Which Student is the most Precise?

• Alex

• Shandra

• Luis

• It cannot be determined from the information given.

Multiple Choice

How do you write
8.317 x 10⁶
in long form?

• 8, 371, 000

• 83, 170, 000

• 837, 100

• 8, 317, 000

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is correct scientific notation?

• 20.35 x 10⁴

• .2035 x 10⁴

• 2035 ⁴

• 2.035 x10⁴

Multiple Choice

Convert to scientific notation:
520,000,000

• 52 x 10⁷

• 5.2 x 10⁷

• 5.2 x 10⁸

• 0.52 x 10⁹

Multiple Choice

The table shows the mass in grams of one atom of each of several elements. List the elements in order from the least mass to the greatest mass per atom.

Hint: look at the exponents first!

• hydrogen, carbon, oxygen, silver, gold

• hydrogen, oxygen, gold, siver, carbon

• carbon, oxygen, silver, gold, hydrogen

• gold, oxygen, carbon, silver, hydrogen

Multiple Choice

Divide:
(6.9 x 10⁷) / (2.3 x 10^-3)

• 3 x 10¹⁰

• 3 x 10⁴

• 3 x 10^-4

• 3 x 10^-11

Multiple Choice

Multiply:
(3.4 x 10⁵)(1.2 x 10^-3)

• 4.08 x 10^-8

• 4.8 x 10²

• 4.08 x 10²

• 4.08 x 10^-15