Physics Unit 1 Blitz

The importance of experimentation was stressed first by ___.

• Sir Isaac Newton

• Robert Boyle

• Galileo Galilei

• Dmitri Mendeleev

You see this sign when you enter a lab and immediately you know to be cautious since those areas contain ___.

• radiation hazard

• explosive materials

• toxic chemicals

• flammable materials

A man who is the forefront of creating the field of chemistry was ___.

• Dmitri Mendeleev

• Robert Boyle

• Galileo Galilei

• Sir Isaac Newton

What are the steps of the scientific method?

• Report and Observation

• Experimentation

• Analyze Data and Draw Conclusions

• Hypothesis

• Problem Question

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NGSS.HS-PS1-3

NGSS.HS-PS2-5

While conducting numerous experiments, you gather _________ data, or data that is measurable in quantity.

• qualitative

• quantitative

• precise

• significant

A group of physicists perform an experiment. The measurements that they take are very close to each other, which means that they were made with ___.

• accuracy

• precision

• inaccuracy

Examine the situation and choose the reason that explains the phenomenon.

Two gymnasts weighing the same amount do handstands on the same floor mat so they are at the same level. You find out that the pressure of their hands differ.

• one gymnast is bending her knees.

• one gymnast is taller than the other.

• one gymnast can run faster than the other

• one gymnast has larger hands so the area is larger

All ___ numbers are significant.

• non zero

• whole

• decimals

• fractional

The first Periodic Table was created by ___.

• Dmitri Mendeleev

• Robert Boyle

• Sir Isaac Newton

• Galileo Galilei

Choose the meaning for the prefix given.

milligram

• one-thousandth of a gram

• ten grams

• one-trillionth of a gram

• one-hundredth of a gram