Quiz 1
Quiz 1
Name___________________________________
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1) An educated scientific guess is a
A) theory.
B) hypothesis.
C) either of these
D) neither of these
1)
2) The synthesis of a large collection of information that contains well-tested and verified hypotheses about certain aspects of the world is known as a scientific
A) theory.
B) law or principle.
C) hypothesis.
D) fact.
E) none of the above
2)
3) For a scientific hypothesis to be valid, there must be a test for proving it
A) right.
B) wrong.
C) conclusively one way or the other.
3)
4) Pseudoscience is best characterized as being
A) an alternate view to be taken seriously.
C) fake.
4)
5)
B) new age.
D) all of the above
If a cube of jello is cut into two pieces, what total property of the new pieces change?
A) Surface Area
B) Mass
C) Volume
5)
D) Density
6) A tentative scientific explanation which may or may not be rejected upon further
6)
experimentation is called a
A) theory
7)
B) hypothesis
C) model
D) priniciple
A cube that measures 2 cm on each side has a surface area to volume ratio of
A) 2
B) 1/2
C) 3
7)
D) 6
8) What is the volume (in cm3 ) of a 9.37 g piece of metal with a density of 4.66 g/cm3 ?
A) .425
B) 6.65
C) 2.01
D) 19.5
E) none of the above
8)
9) The factor 1,000,000 corresponds to which prefix?
A) deci
B) deka
9)
C) milli
D) mega
10) Determine the volume of an object that has a mass of 455.6 g and a density of 19.3 g/cm3 .
A) 31.2 mL
B) 23.6 mL
C) 42.4 mL
D) 87.9 mL
E) 18.5 mL
1
10)
Write the number in scientific notation.
11) 2,600,000
A) 2.6 × 107
B) 2.6 × 10-6
C) 2.6 × 10-7
C) 9.4116 × 105
12) 0.000094116
A) 9.4116 × 10-4
B) 9.4116 × 10-5
D) 2.6 × 106
D) 9.4116 × 104
13) In a certain city, the bus system carried a total of
Name___________________________________
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1) An educated scientific guess is a
A) theory.
B) hypothesis.
C) either of these
D) neither of these
1)
2) The synthesis of a large collection of information that contains well-tested and verified hypotheses about certain aspects of the world is known as a scientific
A) theory.
B) law or principle.
C) hypothesis.
D) fact.
E) none of the above
2)
3) For a scientific hypothesis to be valid, there must be a test for proving it
A) right.
B) wrong.
C) conclusively one way or the other.
3)
4) Pseudoscience is best characterized as being
A) an alternate view to be taken seriously.
C) fake.
4)
5)
B) new age.
D) all of the above
If a cube of jello is cut into two pieces, what total property of the new pieces change?
A) Surface Area
B) Mass
C) Volume
5)
D) Density
6) A tentative scientific explanation which may or may not be rejected upon further
6)
experimentation is called a
A) theory
7)
B) hypothesis
C) model
D) priniciple
A cube that measures 2 cm on each side has a surface area to volume ratio of
A) 2
B) 1/2
C) 3
7)
D) 6
8) What is the volume (in cm3 ) of a 9.37 g piece of metal with a density of 4.66 g/cm3 ?
A) .425
B) 6.65
C) 2.01
D) 19.5
E) none of the above
8)
9) The factor 1,000,000 corresponds to which prefix?
A) deci
B) deka
9)
C) milli
D) mega
10) Determine the volume of an object that has a mass of 455.6 g and a density of 19.3 g/cm3 .
A) 31.2 mL
B) 23.6 mL
C) 42.4 mL
D) 87.9 mL
E) 18.5 mL
1
10)
Write the number in scientific notation.
11) 2,600,000
A) 2.6 × 107
B) 2.6 × 10-6
C) 2.6 × 10-7
C) 9.4116 × 105
12) 0.000094116
A) 9.4116 × 10-4
B) 9.4116 × 10-5
D) 2.6 × 106
D) 9.4116 × 104
13) In a certain city, the bus system carried a total of