Exam 1: Measurement

There are 10 mm in a(n)______________.

Liquid density may be measured with a(n)______________.

One kilogram is the same as

For the multiplication of 4.4 m times 1.5 m,the result should be reported with how many significant figures?

A hypothesis is a very tentative explanation of some ______________ of nature.

The unit of density in the mks system is ______________.

Which statement is incorrect?

The metric prefix that means one-thousandth (1/1000)is

The British system is a(n)______________ ,or base-12 system.

A metric ton is ______________ kg.

If the decimal point is shifted to the right in a number expressed in powers-of-10 notation,the exponent,or power of 10,is ______________.

The word science comes from the Latin word meaning

A method of expressing the accuracy of measured quantities is

On a computer,a megabyte of memory is ______________ bytes.

An object's weight would be different on Earth and on the Moon.Which of the following would also be different?

In the SI,m is the symbol for

Which of the following is not a fundamental quantity?

The standard unit of distance in the mks system is the

A set value for a fundamental quantity is called a(n)______________ unit.

A combination of one or more fundamental units is called a(n)______________ unit.