Chapter 0

Chapter 0 Review Questions

1. d 2. b 3. c 4. b 5. d
6. Archimedes conducted and documented his physical theories.
7. Science is a system of knowledge while technology uses that knowledge to develop material products or
processes that satisfy human needs and desires.
8. Behavior of light – Fiber Optics ; Electricity – light bulb.
9. The scientific method is used to discover facts about the natural world. The problem solving method
uses the scientific method to create something useful.
10. Knowledgeable of the physical world. It allows one to understand and answer new questions about
everyday occurrences. It is also important in many technical fields.

Chapter 1

1.2
1. kilo 2. centi 3. hecto 4. deci 5. milli 6. deka
7. mega 8. micro 9. h 10. k 11. m 12. d
13. M 14. da 15. c 16. μ 17. 135 mm 18, 83 dag
19. 28 kl 20. 52 cm 21. 49 cg 22. 85 mg 23. 75 hm 24. 15 dL
25. 24 metres 26, 185 litres 27. 59 grams 28. 125 kilograms 29. 27 millimeters
30. 25 decilitres 31. 45 dekametres 32. 27 milligrams 33. 26 megametres
34. 275 micrograms 35. metre 36. kilogram 37. litre and cubic metre
38. ampere 39. second 40. watt

1.3

1. 3.26 × 102 2. 7.98 × 102 3. 2.65 × 103 4. 1.45 × 10 4 5. 8.264 × 102 6. 2.497 × 101
−3
7. 4.13× 10 8. 5.3× 10 −4 9. 6.43 ×10 0
10. 4.823 × 10 5 11. 6.5× 10 −5 12. 2.24 × 10 −3
−6
13. 5.4 × 10 5
14. 1.4 × 10 6 15. 7.5× 10 16. 9× 10 −7 17. 5× 10 −8
18. 3.5× 10 9
19. 7.32 × 10 17
20. 6.18 × 10−16 21. 86,200 22. 867 23. 0.000631 24. 5410
25. 0.768 26. 99.4 27. 777,000,000 28. 0.00000419 29. 69.3 30. 0.0378
31. 96,100 32. 7330 33. 1.4 34. 0.000096 35. 0.0000084 36. 900,000,000
37. 700,000,000,000 38. 4.05 39. 0.00000072 40. 0.000000008
41. 4,500,000,000,000 42. 150,000,000,000 43. 0.000000000055
44. 0.000000000872

1.4
1. 1 metre 2. 1 metre 3. 1 kilometre 4. 1 centimetre 5. 1 kilometre 6. 1 kilometre
7. cm 8. mm 9. m 10. cm 11. mm 12. km
13. km 14. m 15. mm 16. m 17. m 18. cm
19. km 20. mm 21. cm 22. m 23. km 24. cm
25. km 26. cm 27. mm 28. cm 29. 1000 30. 0.001
31. 100 32. 0.01 33. 0.1 34. 1000 35. 100 36. 0.01

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 37. 10 38. 25,000 cm 39. 0.25 km 40. 54.6 cm 41. 178,000 m 42. 0.35 dam
43. 8.3 m 44. 7.5 km 45. 3750 mm 46. 7500 μm 47. Answers vary
48. (a) 8.2 mi (b) 14,432 yd 49. (a) 11,000 yd (b) 33,000 ft
50. 19.4 ft 51. 2.80 in. 52. 3.048 cm

1.5
1. (8cm) (5 cm) = 40cm 2 2. (28 cm) (15 cm)= 420cm 2
3. (8 in.)(3in.) + (3 in.)(5in) = 39in 2 4. (15cm)(12cm) – (6cm)(7cm) = 138cm 2
5. (8 in.)(1 in.) + (1 in.)(6 in.) + (8 in.)(1 in.) = 22in 2
6. (40 cm)(35 cm) – (15 cm)(20 cm) = 1100cm 2 7. (6 in.)(3 in.)(4 in.) = 72in 3
8. [ (7cm)(7cm) − (3cm)(3cm)] (3cm) = 120cm
3
9. (5cm)(2cm)(4cm)= 40cm 3

10. (20 in.)(20 in.)(20 in.) = 8000in 3 11. 1 litre 12. 1 kilolitre 13. 1 cubic centimeter
3 2
14. 1m 15. 1 square kilometre 16. 1dm 17. L 18. L 19. m 2 20. cm 2
21. m 3 22. L 23. ha 24. cm 2 25. mL 26. ha 27. m 3 28. L 29. L 30. L
31. L 32. mL 33. m 2 34. cm 2 35. L 36. L 37. ha 38. cm 2
39. m 3 40. m 3 41. m 2 42. ha 43. L 44. mL 45. 1000 46. 1000 47. 0.1
48. 0.001 49. 0.01 50. 0.001 51. 1
52. 1000 53. 1,000,000 54. 1 55. 0.001 56. 1 57. 10,000
58. 106 59. 100 60. 10,000 61. 100
62. 0.01 63. 7.5 L 64. 850 mL 65. 275,000 mm 3
66. 5× 106 cm 3 67. 275 mL 68. 0.125 L 69. 1000 L
70. 1.5× 10 −4 L 71. 7500 cm 3 72. 0.45m 3 73. 50cm 2 74. 1.75× 10 6 m 2
75. 50,000 cm 2 76. 25,000 mm 2 77. 400 km 2 78. 5× 103 m 2 79. 45 ft 2 80. 20.9m 2
81. 13,935cm 2 82. 0.75 ft 2 83. 7.91in 2 84. 1944 ft 2 85. 156,816in 2 86. 1.858 m 2
87. 513 ft 3 88. 1.769in 3 89. 30.1 yd 3 90. 1442 cm 3 91. 13,824 in 3
4 3
2.83 × 10 cm
92. 732,000 in 3 93. 623.2 cm 3 94. 12 ft 3 × 3 ÷ 14cm 3 = 24 ,257
1 ft
2
95. (a) 2(5cm)(2cm) + 2(4cm)(2cm) = 36cm (b) 36cm + 2(5cm)(4cm) = 76cm 2
2

96. (a) 4(20in.)(20in.) = 1600in2 (b) 6(20in.)(20in.) = 2400in 2

1mL 3 1mL
97. (5cm)(4cm)(2cm) × 3 = 40mL 98. 120cm × 3 = 120 mL
cm cm

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 1.6
1. 1 gram 2. 1 gram 3. 1 kilogram 4. 1 centigram 5. 1 kilogram 6. 1 kilogram
7. kg 8. mg 9. kg 10. g 11. metric ton 12. mg
13. g 14. kg 15. mg 16. kg 17. kg 18. kg
19. g 20. metric ton 21. kg 22. g 23. g 24. kg
25. g 26. g 27. kg 28. g 29. metric ton 30. g
31. kg 32. mg 33. 1000 34. 0.001 35. 100 36. 0.01
37. 0.1 38. 10 39. 1000 40. 0.01 41. 0.001 42. 1000
43. 575,000 mg 44. 0.575 kg 45. 0.65 g 46. 375,000 g 47. 30,000,000 mg
48. 4000 kg 49. 0.4 mg
6 3
1g 1g 10 cm 1kg
50. 30 metric tons 51. 750mL × = 750 g 52. 1m 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 = 1000kg
mL cm 1m 10 g
4.45N 4.45N
53. 3500 lb × = 15,575N 54. 150,00 lb × = 667, 500N
1lb 1lb
4.45N 4.45N 0.225lb
55. 200lb × = 890 N 56. 80lb × = 356 N 57. 2000N × = 450lb
1lb 1lb 1N
4.45N 1lb 16oz
58. 2000lb × = 8900 N 59. 120oz × = 7.5lb 60. 3.5lb × = 56oz
1lb 16oz 1lb
0.225lb 16oz 1lb 4.45N
61. 10N × × = 36oz 62. 25oz × × = 6.95N
1N 1lb 16oz 1lb
4.45N 4.45N
63. 94lb × = 418.3N 64. 500 × 3lb × = 6675N
1lb 1lb
65. second, s 66. kilogram, kg 67. newton, N 68. 1 second 69. 1 millisecond
70. 1 μs 71. 1 ms 72. (a) 8.6 μs (b) 45 ns (c) 75 ps
1s 60 min
73. 345μs × 6 = 3.45 × 10−4 s 74. 1h × + 25min = 85 min
10 μs 1h
3600 s 60s 6 1h
75. 4h × + 25min× + 15s = 15,915s 76. 7× 10 s × = 1944h
1h 1min 3600s
12
1ns 9 3600 s 10 ps 15
77. 4s × −9 = 4 × 10 ns 78. 1h × × = 3.6 × 10 ps
10 s 1h 1s

1.7
1. 3 2. 4 3. 4 4. 3 5. 2 6. 4 7. 3 8. 3 9. 5 10. 2 11. 3 12. 4
13. 5 14. 3 15. 4 16. 4 17. 3 18. 3 19. 2 20. 3 21. 1 22. 2 23. 4 24. 1
25. 2 26. 3 27. 3 28. 2 29. 4 30. 1

1.8
1. 1 ft. 2. 0.1 mi 3. 1 m 4. 0.01cm 5. 0.0001 in. 6. 0.001 cm 7. 10km
8. 10 ft 9. 0.01 m 10. 10g 11. 0.00001 in. 12. 0.01 cm 13. 0.01m

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 14. 0.01mi. 15. 1 kg 16. 0.01 mm 17. 0.0001 in. 18. 1 lb 19. 1000 N
3 2
20. 10 ft 21. 1 N 22. 1000 tons 23. 0.01 m 24. 0.001m 25. 100 kg
−7 −6 5
26. 1× 10 ms 27. 0.000001A or 1× 10 kg 28. 1× 10 ft 29. 10,000 V or 1× 104 kg
30. 1× 109 m 31. (a) 15.7 in. (b) 0.018 in. 32. (a) 368 ft (b) 368 ft 33. (a) 16.01 cm
(b) 0.734 cm 34. (a) All have 3 significant digits (b) All have precision of 0.01 m. 35. (a) 0.0350 s
(b) 0.00040 s 36. (a) 125.00g (b) 9.000 g 37. (a) 27, 000 L (b) 4.75 L
38. (a) All have 2 significant digits (b) 0.40 m 39. (a) All have one significant digit (b) 50 N
40. (a) 120.0 ms (b) All have precision of 0.1 ms 41. (a) 0.05 in. (b) 16.4 in. 42. (a) 300 ft
(b) 300 ft 43. (a) 0.65 m (b) 27.5 m 44. (a) All have 2 significant digits (b) 120 kg
45. (a) 0.00005 g (b) 0.75 g 46. (a) 0.09 m (b) 185.0 m 47. (a) 3 N (b) 45,000 N
48. (a) All have 3 significant digits. (b) 150kg 49. (a) 20 kg (b) 400,000 kg
50. (a) 80 ft (b) All have precision of 10 ft

1.9
1. 14,200 ft 2. 124,000 m 3. 83.3 cm 4. 2.83 g 5. 70,000N 6. 15,600 ft
7. 802 m or 80,200 cm 8. 166.2 m or 16,620 cm 9. 18 s 10. 500,000 N 11. 500 kg
12. 5.35 m 13. 41.0 g 14. 25,00 kg 15. 3200 km 16. 55.24 g 17. 900,000 kg
18. 7 cm or 70 mm 19. 0.40 m or 40cm 20. 0.69 ms 21. 4900 m 2
22. 560, 000 ft 2 or 5.6 × 105 ft 2 23. 1,4 00,000km 2or1.40 × 10 6 km 2
24. 5,500, 000m 2or 5.5 × 106 m 2 25. 737.7m 2 26. 100,000cm 2or1.0 × 105 cm 2 27. 5560 cm 3
28. 6.4 × 10 5 m 3 29. 2.91× 10 7 in 3 30. 4060 kg m 31. 30 ft 32. 42 m 33. 3.06 cm
34. 41 mi/h 35. 75 km/h 36. 3.0 m 37. 1000mi / h 38. 1680 ft/s 39. 1100 ft lb/s
40. 4.41 kg m/s 41. 370 mi/h 42. 10kg / m 2 43. 43.2 m 44. 36, 000kgm 2 / s2
45. 4530 kg m/s 2 46. 88.2 kg m/s 2 47. 10,300 m 3 48. 2.6 g/cm 3 49. 6100 m 2
50. 560 ft 3 51. 28,800 ft 52. 62,700 m 2

Chapter 1 Review Questions

1. c 2. b 3. b 4. c 5. a
6. (1) Pieces made separately may not fit together
(2) Workers could not communicate directions to each other (3) Workers could not tell each other how
much material to buy.
7. It is based on the decimal system
8. (1)The distance to the moon (2) The thickness of the aluminum foil.
9. Yes
10. The surface that would be seen by cutting a geometric solid with a thin plate.
11. Yes 12. hectare 13. litre

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 14. (1) medicines (2) perfumes (3) wine
15. Mass measures the quantity of matter. Weight measures the gravitational pull on an object.
16. Newton (N)
17. millionth
18. Because nearly all measurements are approximate
numbers rather than exact numbers.
19. No
20. Yes

Chapter 1 Review Problems

1. k 2. m 3. μ 4. M 5. 45 mg 6. 138 cm 7. 1 L 8. 1 kg
1km 1L
9. 1 m 3 10. 250m × 3 = 0.25km 11. 850mL × 3 = 0.85L
10 m 10 mL
3 3
10 g 1μs 10 g
12. 5.4kg × = 5400g 13. 0.55s × −6 = 550,000μs 14. 25kg × = 25, 000g
1kg 10 s 1kg
−6 2
10 s 1ns  10mm 
15. 75μs × × = 75,000ns 16. 275cm 2 ×   = 27,500 mm 2
1μs 10−9 s  1cm 
2 3
 1m   100cm 
17. 350cm 2 ×   = 0.035m 2 18. 0.15m 3 ×   = 150, 000cm 3
 100cm   1m 

3  1mL  1kg
19. 500cm ×   = 500mL 20. 150lb × = 68.2kg
 1cm 3  2.20lb
1m 1in.
21. 36ft × = 11.0m 22. 250cm × = 98.4in.
3.28 ft 2.54 cm
2 2
 2.54 cm   3 ft 
23. 150in 2 ×   = 968cm 2 24. 24 yd 2 ×   = 216 ft
2
 1in.   1yd 
3
 3.28 ft  4.45N
25. 6m 3 ×   = 212 ft 3 26. 16lb × = 71.2N
 1m  1lb
1min 1hr 1
27. 15,600 s × = 260 min 260 min× = 4 h = 4h20 min 28. 3 29. 4
60s 60 min 3
30. 2 31. 3 32. 0.1ft 33. 0.0001s 34. 1000mi 35. 100,000N
36. (a) 12.00 m (b) 0.008m (c) 0.150m (d) 2600m 37. (a) 18,050 L (b) 0.75L
(c) 0.75 L (d) 18.050 L 38. 0.125s 39. 63,000 N 40. 1,800,000 cm 3
42. 9.73kgm / s 2 43. ( 4.50 m)( 2.20cm ) = 9.90 m
2
41. 150m 2

44. ( 9.0cm )( 6.0cm )(13cm) = 700cm

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