Name: _______________________________________________ Per: _______ Date: ____________

Unit 1: Introduction & Scientific

Measurement

The following pages are practice questions for this unit, and will be submitted for
homework!
You must complete:

Scientific Notation Practice ALL QUESTIONS

Sig Fig Practice ALL QUESTIONS
Reading Scientific Equipment Practice ALL QUESTIONS
Percent Error Practice ALL QUESTIONS
Temperature Conversion Practice ALL QUESTIONS
Dimensional Analysis Practice*
o Questions #1-4 ALL QUESTIONS
o Questions #5-8 PICK 2
o Questions #9-10 OPTIONAL
Practice Regents Questions ALL QUESTIONS

DUE: _____________________________

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Unit 1 Practice
Scientific Notation Practice

Write the following numbers in scientific notation.

1. 1001 _________________ 6. 0.123420 _________________

2. 53 _________________ 7. -0.000232 _________________
3. 6926300000 _________________ 8. 0.00000000031 _________________
4. -392 _________________ 9. -0.321 _________________
5. 0.00361 _________________ 10. 50300000 _________________
Write the following numbers is standard notation.

1. 1.92 x 103 _________________ 6. 9.512 x 10-8 _________________

2. 1.03 x 10-2 _________________ 7. 6.251 x 109 _________________
3. 3.051x101_________________ 8. -6.5 x 10-3 _________________
4. 8.862 x 10-1_________________ 9. 8.317 x 106 _________________
5. -4.29 x 102 _________________ 10. 3.159 x 102 _________________

Sig Fig Practice

Determine the number of sig figs in each number.

1. 100 = _____ sig figs 6. 0.2120 = _____ sig figs

2. 223992 = _____ sig figs 7. 4.221 x 10-6 = _____ sig figs
3. 9.03023 = _____ sig figs 8. 231300 = _____ sig figs
4. 434.0000 = _____ sig figs 9. 0.0300 = _____ sig figs
5. 0.0031230 = _____ sig figs 10. 300 x 105 = _____ sig figs
Calculate the answer for each question and use proper significant figures in your final
answer.
1. 20.0421 + 223.2 = _______________ 6. (5.2 x 103)( 323.11 x 104) = ________
2. 384.0003 + 212.021 = ____________ 7. 0.00210/0.02300 = _______________
3. 293.02 90.2 = ______________ 8. 23.01239 x 0.0000123 = __________
4. 901.1223 2231.2221 = __________ 9. 0.002000 x 2312.0 = _____________
5. 323.12 x 201 = ______________ 10. 9100./212 = ______________

Reading Scientific Equipment Practice

1. If a student wanted to measure the volume

of a liquid to the nearest tenth, what would
the scale on the graduated cylinder look like?
Draw your answer in the box on the right.

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2. Using the ruler provided below, what is the length of the frog? Explain your
reasoning to the number of decimal points used in your answer.

Percent Error Practice

1. You found five old thermometers in the classroom, and youre not sure if you should
keep them, or throw them out. After some thought, you decide that if the percent error
of the average temperature measured by the 5 thermometers is less than 5%, you will
keep them. The high-tech digital thermometer measures the ambient temperature to
be 23.532 C.

Using the data you collected below, do you need to buy new thermometers? Are the
thermometers precise, accurate, both, or neither? Explain your answer and show your
work.
Thermometer 1 21.2 C
Thermometer 2 20.9 C
Thermometer 3 21.1 C
Thermometer 4 21.0 C
Thermometer 5 20.8 C

Temperature Conversion Practice

Convert the following temperatures from Celcius to Kelvin
1. 75 C = _______ K 5. -72 C = _______ K
2. 44 C = _______ K 6. 200 C = _______ K
3. 37 C = _______ K 7. -2 C = _______ K
4. -273 C = _______ K 8. 81 C = _______ K

Convert the following temperatures from Kelvin to Celcius

1. 341 K = _______ C 5. 521 K = _______ C
2. 261 K = _______ C 6. 285 K = _______ C
3. 360 K = _______ C 7. 412 K = _______ C
4. 0 K = _______ C 8. 100 K = _______ C

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Dimensional Analysis Practice

Directions Use dimensional analysis and proper significant figures to calculate the following
conversions.
1. 5400 inches to miles

2. 50.0 mL to liters

3. 20.34 inches to millimeters

4. 0.342 L to L

A little harder now (For questions 5-8, pick 2.)

5. How many days would it take you to count to 1 billion if your counted at a rate of 2
numbers per second?

6. You find 13406190 pennies. How many dollars did you actually find? If each penny
weighs 4.00 grams, how much did all that loot weigh in lbs.?

7. 4.22 g/cm to lbs./ft.

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8. 32 ft./sec to meters/min

Challenge Question [OPTIONAL]

9. Ms. Scanlons pet sea turtle, Crush, needs his daily medication, but the instructions are
a bit confusing to understand. Take 1 drop per 10 lbs. of body weight per day divided
into 4 doses. How many drops should Ms. Scanlon give to Crush each dose? (BTW,
Crush weighs 350 lbs.)

10. How many atoms of hydrogen can be found in 45 g of ammonia, NH 3?

a. Hint:
i. 1 mole of NH3 has a mass of 17 grams
ii. 1 mole of NH3 contains 6.02 x 1023 molecules of NH3
iii. 1 molecule of NH3 has 3 atoms of hydrogen in it

Practice Regents Questions Start on the Next Page

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Practice Regents Questions

1. The diagram below represents a portion of a thermometer that is

measuring the temperature of a solution. According to the
thermometer, the temperature of the solution is
a. 13.50 C
b. 13.5 C
c. 16.50 C
d. 16.5 C

2. The diagram below represents a metal bar and two

centimeter rulers, A and B. Portions of the rulers have
been enlarged to show detail. What is the greatest
degree of precision to which the metal bar can be
measured by ruler A and by ruler B?
a. To the nearest tenth by both rulers
b. To the nearest hundredth by both rulers
c. To the nearest tenth by ruler A and to the nearest
hundredth by ruler B
d. To the nearest hundredth by ruler A and to the
nearest tenth by ruler B

3. During a laboratory experiment, a sample of aluminum is found to have a mass of 12.50

grams and a volume of 4.6 milliliters. What is the density of this sample, expressed to
the correct number of significant figures?
a. 2.717 g/mL c. 3 g/mL
b. 2.72 g/mL d. 2.7 g/mL

4. Expressed to the correct number to significant figures, the sum of two masses is 445.2
grams. Which two masses produce this answer?
a. 210.10 g + 235.100 g c. 210.1 g + 235.1 g
b. 210.100 g + 235.10 g d. 210.10 g + 235.10 g

5. A student determined that the percent H2O in a hydrate was 39.0%. The percent H2O
in this hydrate is 36.0% according to an accepted chemistry reference. What is the
students percent of error?
a. 9.1% c. 3.0%
b. 8.3% d. 11%

6. In an experiment, a student found that the percent of oxygen in a sample of KClO 3 was
42.3%. If the accepted value is 39.3%, the experimental percent error is
a. (42.3/39.3)(100%) c. (39.3/42.3)(100%)
b. (3.0/42.3)(100%) d. (3.0/39.3)(100%)

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7. Carbon and oxygen are examples of elements that exist in more than one form in the
same phase.

Graphite and diamond are two crystalline arrangements for carbon. The crystal
structure of graphite is organized in layers. The bonds between carbon atoms within
each layer of graphite are strong. The bonds between carbon atoms that connect
different layers of graphite are weak because the shared electrons in these bonds are
loosely held by carbon atoms. The crystal structure of diamond is a strong network of
atoms in which the shared electrons are strongly held by the carbon atoms. Graphite
is an electrical conductor, but diamond is not. At 25C, graphite has a density of 2.2
g/cm3 and diamond a density of 3.51 g/cm3.

The element oxygen can exist as diatomic molecules, O2, and as ozone, O3. At standard
pressure the boiling point of ozone is 161 K.

Calculate the volume, in cm3, of a diamond at 25C that has a mass of 0.200 gram. Your
response must include both a correct numerical setup and the calculated result.

8. A student performed an experiment to

determine the total amount of energy stored in a
peanut. The accepted value for the energy
content of a peanut is 30.2 kilojoules per gram.
The student measured 100.0 grams of water into
a metal can and placed the can on a ring stand,
as shown in the diagram below. The peanut was
attached to a wire suspended under the can. The
initial temperature of the water was recorded as
22.0 C. The peanut was ignited and allowed to
burn. When the peanut finished burning, the
final water temperature was recorded as 57.0 C.
The student's experimental value for the energy content of this peanut was 25.9
kilojoules per gram.

Determine the students percent error for the energy content of this peanut.

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Name: _______________________________________________ Per: _______ Date: ____________

9. A student used a balance and a graduated cylinder to collect the following data:
Sample Mass 10.23 g
Volume of water 20.0 mL
Volume of water and sample 21.5 mL

a. Calculate the density of the element. Show your work. Include the appropriate
number of significant figures and proper units.

b. If the accepted value is 6.93 grams per milliliter, calculate the percent error

10. The accepted values for the atomic mass and percent natural abundance of each
naturally occurring isotope of silicon are given in the data table below.

Naturally Occurring Isotopes of Silicon

Isotope Atomic Mass (atomic mass units) Percent Natural Abundance (%)
Si-28 27.98 92.22
Si-29 28.98 4.69
Si-30 29.97 3.09

A scientist calculated the percent natural abundance of Si-30 in a sample to be 3.29%.

Determine the percent error for this value.

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