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Ch. 1 - Basics Flashcards

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0
Q

How are the height of a person and the color of his automobile related?

Inversely
Directly
Unrelated

A

Unrelated

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Q

How are the size of a tree and its age related?

Inversely
Directly
Unrelated

A

Directly

Generally, as a tree ages its size increases.

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Q

How is the age of a loaf of bread related to its freshness?

Inversely
Directly
Unrelated

A

Inversely

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3
Q

Which of the following is an appropriate unit for area?

Seconds
Yards
Inches
Cm^3
Square yards
A

Square yards

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4
Q

Which of the following is NOT a unit for volume?

cubic miles
Gallons
Cm
Cm^3
Pint
A

Cm

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5
Q

All of the following are measures of length except:

Mile
Inch
Mm
Second
Km
A

Second

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Q

List these metric terms in increasing order:

A) Mega
B) Micro
C) Milli
D) Hecto
E) Deca
F) Deci
A 
B
C
F
E
D
A
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7
Q

List these metric terms in decreasing order:

A) nano
B) centi
C) giga
D) kilo
E) hecto
F) micro
A 
C
D
E
B
F
A
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Q

How many millimeters are in 8 liters?

1/8
8
80
800
8000
A

8000

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9
Q

How many centimeters are in 3 meters?

1/300
1/3
3
300
3000
A

300

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Q

How many kilometers are in 3000 meters?

1/300
1/3
3
300
3000
A

3

Kilo means thousand

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Q

What is the reciprocal of 100?

0.1
100
0.2
0.01
1/50
A

1/100 or 0.01

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12
Q

What is the reciprocal of 1/8?

80
10
1
8
72
A

8

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13
Q

How many hertz is 3 MHz?

3,000,000
3000
333
0.003

A

3,000,000

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Q

How many milliliters are contained in a jar filled with 5 liters of fluid?

5
5000
500
0.005

A

5000

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15
Q

How many liters are contained in 80 ml of fluid?

8
80
0.008
0.080

A

0.080

16
Q

How much bigger is 1000 than 10?

10 times
100 times
1000 times
500 times

A

100 times

17
Q

How much bigger is a billion than a million?

10 times
100 times
1000 times
500 times

A

1000 times

18
Q

How much smaller is a hundred than a thousand?

1/10
1/100
1/1000
1/10000

A

1/10

19
Q

What is the exponent and meaning for giga?

A

10^9

Billion

20
Q

What is the exponent and meaning for mega?

A

10^6

Million

21
Q

What is the exponent and meaning for kilo?

A

10^3

Thousand

22
Q

What is the exponent and meaning for hecto?

A

10^2

Hundred

23
Q

What is the exponent and meaning for deca?

A

10^1

Ten

24
Q

What is the exponent and meaning for deci?

A

10^-1

Tenth

25
Q

What is the exponent and meaning for centi?

A

10^-2

Hundredth

26
Q

What is the exponent and meaning for milli?

A

10^-3

Thousandth

27
Q

What is the exponent and meaning for micro?

A

10^-6

Millionth

28
Q

What is the exponent and meaning for nano?

A

10^-9

Billionth

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