SCIENCE SUMMARY Flashcards
1
Q
- What apparatus(s) uses accurately/ exactly?
A
pipette & burette
2
Q
- What apparatus(s) uses approximately/ nearest?
A
measuring cylinder & beaker
3
Q
- What is pipette rounded to?
A
(1dp): eg. 25.0cm(3)
4
Q
- What is burette rounded to?
A
(2dp): eg. 25.00cm(3)
5
Q
- What is measuring cylinder rounded to?
A
nearest cm(3)
6
Q
- What is beaker rounded to?
A
approximate volume of 100cm(3) or 250cm(3).
7
Q
- If gas is stated, what apparatus is used?
A
gas syringe.
8
Q
- What apparatus is used to find mass?
A
mass balance
9
Q
- What is definition of denser?
A
heavier than oxygen
10
Q
- What delivery is used for denser?
A
downward delivery.
11
Q
- What is the definition of less dense?
A
lighter than oxygen.
12
Q
- What delivery is used for less dense?
A
upward delivery.
13
Q
- What is considered a pure substance?
A
element/ compound.
14
Q
- State the features of a pure substance
A
- has fixed bp & mp.
- chromatography: 1 spot.
15
Q
- State the features of an impure/ mixture
A
- melts below mp/ over a range of temps.
- boils above bp/ over a range of temps.
- chromatography: >1 spot.
16
Q
- State the purification analysis methods
A
- filtration.
- crystallization/ evaporation.
- simple distillation.
- fractional distillation.
- chromatography.
17
Q
- What is the filtration technique?
A
separate insoluble from mixture.
18
Q
- What is the crystallization/ evaporation technique?
A
separate soluble solid from mixture.
19
Q
- What is the simple distillation technique?
A
separate liquid solvent from a mixture.
20
Q
- What is the fractional distillation technique?
A
separate miscible liquids from different boiling points.
21
Q
- Name all prefixes and their SI units
A
- Terameter: 10(12)m
- Gigameter: 10(9)m
- Megakelvin: 10(6)K
- Kilometer: 10(3)m
- centimeter: 10(-2)m
- millisecond: 10(-3)s
- microsecond: 10(-6)s
- nanosecond: 10(-9)s
22
Q
- What are the four types of object measurements?
A
- size of an atom.
- size of a hair.
- size of radius of earth.
- size of diameter of earth.
23
Q
- What are the object measurements?
A
- size of an atom: 10(-10)m
- size of a hair: 10(-4)m
- size of radius of earth: 10(6)m
- size of diameter of earth: 10(7)m
24
Q
- Name the base units and their SI units
A
- electric current: ampere(A)
- temperature: kelvin(K)
25
Q
- What are the instruments used to measure length and what are they used for?
A
- measuring ruler: height.
- digital calipers: diameter of bigger objects, eg. test tubes.
- micrometer screw gauge: diameter of smaller objects, eg. piece of thin wire.
26
Q
- What is a period?
A
period = time for one oscillation
27
Q
- State an example of a period
A
R->S->T->S->R
28
Q
- What causes a longer period?
A
- longer period length.
- greater gravitational field strength.
29
Q
- What is a scalar quantity?
A
has magnitude only
30
Q
- What is a vector quantity?
A
has magnitude & direction
31
Q
- What is distance?
A
the total length travelled.
32
Q
- What is displacement?
A
the shortest distance between the start & end point.