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Scientific Notation & Unit Conversion

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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1.

What is the LAST step of dimensional analysis?

a)

CANCEL: Cancel the units and solve.

b)

IDENTIFY: Identify the unit that needs to be converted.

c)

FRACTIONS: Write the conversion factor(s) as fractions.

d)

LIST: List the conversion factor(s)

2.

All metric units can be modified with a ______ to let us know that we are dealing with a much smaller or much larger unit.

a)

Suffix

b)

Magnitude

c)

Prefix

d)

Meter

3.

Which of the following units are metric?

(Hint it will sound right if you say "kilo" or "milli" in front of the unit name)

a)

Quails, Chickens, Ducks, Turkeys

b)

Pounds, Feet, Fahrenheit, Gallons

c)

Grams, Meters, Celsius, Liters

d)

Slug, Smoot, Megafonzie, Barn-Megaparsec

4.

In the metric system, each prefix (for example, kilo-, deci-, centi-, and milli-) are a power of what?

a)

5

b)

10

c)

15

d)

20

5.

A conversion factor is a _____ ____ ____ _ _____ __ _, and we use it to change one unit into another.

a)

manufacturing cost of a product relative to the cost of the raw material.

b)

system of measurement

c)

way to count

d)

ratio that has a value of 1

6.

What is dimensional analysis?

a)

A process to convert between any number of units.

b)

The study of the 4th dimension of space.

c)

A carnival ride.

d)

The conversion of physical quantities when adding.

7.

Write the number 1,456 X 10-10 in scientific notation.

a)

14.56 X 10-8

b)

1.456 X 10-7

c)

1.456 X 107

d)

1.456 X 10-8

8.

A day is equivalent to 8.64 X 104 seconds. When written in standard form, it is ___________.

a)

Eight and sixty-four hundredths times ten to the fourth power

b)

864 X 101 seconds

c)

86,400 seconds

d)

864 seconds

9.

Choose the metric prefixes that are listed in order from LARGEST to SMALLEST.

a)

centi-, deka-, milli-, kilo-

b)

kilo-, deka-, centi-, milli-

c)

deci-, deka-, kilo-, centi-

d)

milli-, centi-, deci-, kilo-, deka-

10.

Scientific Notation looks like:

a)

a X 10n, where 1 ≤ a < 10

b)

a X 10, where a > n

c)

a X 10n, where a is any number