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Lab Week 1 Flashcards

1
Q

What are the basic units of the metric system?

A

Meter (m)
Liter (l) or (L)
Gram (g)

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2
Q

What is meters used for?

A

Units of length

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3
Q

What is liter used for?

A

Units of volume

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4
Q

What is grams used for?

A

Unit of weight (mass)

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5
Q

What is the order of the metric units?

A 
Kilo (k)
Hecto (h)
Deca (da)
Basic units (grams, liters, meter)
Deci (d)
Centi (c)
Milli (m)
Micro (script m)
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6
Q

What is deci?

A

d

1/10 or 0.1

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7
Q

What is centi?

A

c

1/100 or 0.01

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8
Q

What is milli?

A

m

1/1000 or 0.001

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9
Q

What is micro?

A

Script m

1/1,000,000 or 0.000001

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10
Q

Is micron and micrometer the same?

A

Yes

1,000 of a millimeter

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11
Q

When converting upwards on the list where does the decimal point go?

A

To the left

Larger decimals go to the left

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12
Q

When converting downwards on the list where does the decimal point go?

A

To the right

Smaller decimals goes to the right

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13
Q

What are the measurements for length?

A

Metric stick and metric rulers

Goes up by units of 10

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14
Q

What are the instruments for volume?

A

Graduated cylinder and pipette

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15
Q

What is a meniscus?

A

Curvature is the graduated cylinder

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16
Q

What is the instrument used for weight?

A

Triple beam balance

17
Q

What are solutions?

A

Transparent

Created by dissolving one thing in another

Breaking it down by individual atoms and molecules

18
Q

What is a solvent?

A

The thing that does the dissolving

19
Q

What is a solute?

A

Thing you are dissolving

20
Q

What is an aqueous solution?

A

Water is the solvent (thing that is doing the dissolving)

21
Q

What is a salt solution?

A

Where the solute (thing that dissolves) is salt

22
Q

What is a suspension?

A

It is not transparent and particles end up settling to the bottom

It is cloudy

Not broken to individual atoms/ molecules

23
Q

What is a colloidal suspension or colloids?

A

Special kinds of suspensions that the particles do not settle to the bottom

Ex: milk

24
Q

What is a pH scale used to measure?

A

Acidity and bases

25
Q

What is neutral on the pH scale?

A

7

26
Q

What is acidic on the pH scale?

A

Below 7

27
Q

What is basic?

A

Above 7

28
Q

What activates acid?

A

Water

29
Q

Is the pH scale a factor of 1 when going up or down the scale?

A

No it is logarithmic (factor of 10)

30
Q

What does logarithmic mean?

A

A factor of 10

31
Q

What is a buffer?

A

Chemicals used to keep the pH where we want it to be

32
Q

What is a kilo?

A

K

1000

33
Q

What is hecto?

A

h

100

34
Q

What is a deca?

A

da

10

35
Q

What is the boiling point of water?

A

100 Celsius

212 Fahrenheit

36
Q

What is the freezing point of water?

A

0 Celsius

32 Fahrenheit

37
Q

What is the human body temperature?

A

37 Celsius

98.6 Fahrenheit

Anatomy And Physiology 1 (28 decks)

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