Chapter 1

Question 1

Python interpreter

Answer 1

reads through the program and determines what each word of the program means.

Question 2

Variable

Answer 2

Holds a value. Similar to the sto function on the Ti-84

Question 3

Value

Answer 3

The information associated with the variable.
Ex: message = “Hello Python World”
“Hello Python World” is the value and message is the variable

Question 4

String

Answer 4

A series of characters. Anything inside quotes is considered a string in Python. Single or double quotes work.

Question 5

Method

Answer 5

An action that Python can perform on a piece of data.

Question 6

Whitespace

Answer 6

any nonprinting character (space, tab, end of line symbols)

Question 7

\t

Answer 7

tab

Question 8

\n

Answer 8

new line

Question 9

strip()

Answer 9

removes whitespace

Question 10

Float

Answer 10

any number with a decimal point

Question 11

str()

Answer 11

Allows use of numbers as a string instead of an integer

Question 12

comments

Answer 12

everything after the # is not interpreted so it allows for comments

Question 13

.append

Answer 13

adds item to end of a list

Question 14

.insert (position, ‘name’)

Answer 14

adds item to list in that position

Question 15

del

Answer 15

removes item from list

Question 16

.pop

Answer 16

removes item from list, but it still exists