Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the
statement or answers the question.
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The prefix kilo- means ____.
a. | 100 | b. | 1,000 | c. | 0.01 | d. | 0.001 |
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The prefix milli- means ____.
a. | 100 | b. | 0.01 | c. | 1,000 | d. | 0.001 |
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The correct symbol for the SI unit of temperature is ____.
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The SI unit that is used to measure time is the ____.
a. | second | b. | meter | c. | kelvin | d. | kilogram |
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The variable plotted on the horizontal or x-axis is called the
____.
a. | dependent variable | c. | variable with the smallest range | b. | independent
variable | d. | variable with the
largest range |
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How many meters are there in 1,865 cm?
a. | 1.865 | b. | 186.5 | c. | 18.65 | d. | 0.1865 |
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The best type of graph to use to show how some fixed quantity is broken down
into parts is ____.
a. | line graph | b. | bar graph | c. | scatter graph | d. | circle
graph |
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One benefit of the SI system is that it is ____.
a. | based on units of 100 | c. | not used in the United States | b. | not used to measure
temperature | d. | based on
multiples of ten |
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A beaker contains 0.32 L of water. What is the volume of this water in
milliliters?
a. | 3.2 mL | b. | 32 mL | c. | 0.32 mL | d. | 320
mL |
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10.
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A box is 25 cm long, 6 cm wide, and 4 cm high. How many cubic centimeters of
water can it hold?
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A factor in an experiment that changes from the manipulation of the independent
variable is the ____.
a. | dependent variable | b. | hypothesis | c. | control | d. | constant |
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What two dimensions, in addition to mass, are commonly used by physicists to
derive additional measurements?
a. | length and time | c. | length and width | b. | area and mass | d. | velocity and
time |
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The symbol mm represents a
a. | millimeter. | b. | micrometer. | c. | manometer. | d. | megameter. |
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The symbols for units of length in order from smallest to largest are
a. | mm, cm, m, and km. | c. | m, cm, mm, and km. | b. | mm, m, cm, and km. | d. | km, mm, cm, and
m. |
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The SI base unit used to measure mass is the
a. | liter. | b. | second. | c. | kilogram. | d. | meter. |
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The SI base unit for time is
a. | 1 second. | b. | 1 day. | c. | 1 minute. | d. | 1
hour. |
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The most appropriate SI unit for measuring the length of an automobile is
the
a. | kilometer. | b. | millimeter. | c. | meter. | d. | centimeter. |
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If some measurements agree closely with each other but differ widely from the
actual value, these measurements are
a. | accurate but not precise. | b. | acceptable as a new standard of
accuracy. | c. | precise but not accurate. | d. | neither precise nor
accurate. |
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Poor precision in scientific measurements may arise from
a. | human error. | b. | significant figures. | c. | scientific
notation. | d. | both significant figures and scientific notation. |
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These values were obtained as the mass of a bar of metal: 8.83 g; 8.84 g; 8.82
g. The known mass is 10.68 g. The values are
a. | accurate. | c. | precise. | b. | neither accurate nor
precise. | d. | both accurate and
precise. |
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Five darts strike near the center of a target. The dart thrower is
a. | accurate. | c. | both accurate and precise. | b. | precise. | d. | neither accurate nor precise. |
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In a game of horseshoes, one horseshoe lands on the post. Four horseshoes land
nowhere near the post. The one horseshoe on the post was thrown
a. | accurately. | c. | both accurately and precisely. | b. | precisely. | d. | neither accurately nor precisely. |
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Calculate the following, and express the answer in scientific notation with the
correct number of significant figures: 10.5 × 8.8 × 3.14
a. | 2.9 × 102 | b. | 290 | c. | 290.136 | d. | 290.1 |
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Calculate the following, and express the answer in scientific notation with the
correct number of significant figures: (0.82 + 0.042 ) × (4.4 × 103)
a. | 3784 | b. | 3.8 × 103 | c. | 3.78 × 103 | d. | 3.784 × 103 |
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Which of the following equations best describes the graph above?
a. | y = x2 | b. | y = 2x | c. | y =
x | d. | y =  x |
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Which of the following equations best describes the graph above?
a. | y = x2 + 1 | b. | y = x2
– 1 | c. | y = –x2 + 1 | d. | y = –x2
– 1 |
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The Greek letter delta, Δ, indicates
a(n)
a. | sum or total. | c. | direct proportion. | b. | inverse proportion. | d. | difference or
change. |
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The Greek letter sigma, Σ, indicates
a(n)
a. | direct proportion. | c. | sum or total. | b. | inverse proportion | d. | difference or
change. |
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What is the symbol for a time interval?
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30.
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What are the basic SI units?
a. | feet, pounds, seconds | c. | meters, kilograms, seconds | b. | feet, kilograms,
seconds | d. | meters, kilograms,
hours |
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