Physical Science Review

Chapter 1

I. Vocabulary Words
1. An exact quantity that people
agree to use to compare
measurements
_____ independent variable
2. The amount of space occupied
by an object
_____ dependable variable
3. Application of science to help
people
_____ standard
4. The amount of matter in an
object
_____Technology
5. A variable that changes as
another variable changes
_____ graph
6. A visual display of data ____ volume
7. A test set up under controlled
conditions
____ mass
8. A variable that does not
changes as another variable
changes
____ density
9. Mass per unit volume ____ hypothesis
10. An educated guess using
what you know and observe
____ constant
II. Concepts
1. Which of the following questions cannot be answered by
science?

a. How do birds fly?
b. Is this a good song?
c. What is an atom?
d. How a clock does works?

2. Which of the following is an example of a SI unit?

a. Foot
b. Second
c. Pound
d. Gallon

3. One one-thousandth is expressed by which prefix?

a. Kilo
b. Nano
c. Centi
d. Milli

4. On which of the following is SI based?

a. Inches
b. Power of five
c. English units
d. Powers of ten


5. What is the symbol for deciliter?

a. dL
b. dcL
c. dkL
d. Ld


6. Which of the following in NOT a derived unit?

a. dm3
b. m
c. cm3
d. g/ml

7. Which of the following is NOT considered technology?

a. Car
b. Shovel
c. Leaf
d. Book






III. Complete the concept map with the scientific method











a.__________
b.________
c. form an
hypotesis
d. ______
e. ______
f. draw
conclusions
g. __________
Use standard SI
measurements
Communicate with
graphs
Hypothesis is not
supported
IV. Answer the following questions

1. Name 3 technological items that you value that might not be
important in a developing country.
a. _________________
b. _________________
c. _________________


2. Describe steps to take to reduce bias in a scientific experiment.
a.___________________________________________
b.___________________________________________
c.____________________________________________

3. Determine the mass, volume and density of your text book?

mass=

volume=

density=


4. How can you determine the mass, volume and density of an
hot air balloon?
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
5. Imagine that you have a glass of water out in the sun.
How could you measure the amount of water of the glass every
10 minutes for 2 hours? What type of graph would you use?
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________

Which will be de independent variable?__________________
Which will be the dependent variable? __________________

V. Do the following conversions
a. 1,500 mL to L


b. 2km to cm




c. 5.8 dg to mg




d. 22oC to K


Calculate the density of an object that has a
mass of 17 g
volume of 3 cm3