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MEASUREMENT & SCIENTIFIC TOOLS
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Description vs. Explanation Description: a
spoken or written summary of observations
Explanation: an interpretation of observations
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Measurement
Must have a standard.
A standard is an exact quantity people agree to use for comparison.
That means two people using the same object should get close to the same results.
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Standards of the past People used to use
parts of their body to determine the length of something.
The standard would be a part of the king’s anatomy.
The standard yard was the distance from the king’s nose to his outstretched arm
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People would use their feet to measure distance This is how the term
foot came about. Today the standard
“foot” in the English system is
12 inches = 1 foot
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The English system is very confusing because it has so many different values
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America is the only country that still uses the old English system
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How did the metric system come about? During the18th century scientists measured the
distance from the earth’s equator to its North Pole and divided it into ten million parts.
This is how they came up with the length of the standard meter.
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The Meter
The standard for the meter is kept in a safe in France.
The meter stick is a replica of that standard
A meter is made up of 100 centimeters and 1000 millimeters
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The Metric System
International System of Units (SI)The internationally accepted system of
measurement
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SI Unit Prefixes
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Accuracy, Precision, and Error
It is necessary to make good, reliable measurements in the lab
Accuracy – how close a measurement is to the true value
Precision – how close the measurements are to each other (reproducibility)
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Precision and Accuracy
Neither accurate
nor precise
Precise, but not
accurate
Precise AND
accurate
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Scientific Notation (4.2 x 105)
Astronomically Large Numbersmass of planets, distance between stars
Really Really Small Numberssize of atoms, protons, electrons
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How to Write in Scientific Notation1. Move decimal until number is between 1 and 10.
2. Count the number of decimal places moved and take note of the direction.
3. Rewrite the number without extra zeros.
4. Write a x symbol and 10 with an exponent equal to the number of decimal places moved.
428,500 4.285 x 105
(decimal moves 5 spots left)
0.0004285 4.285 x 10-4
(decimal moves 4 spots right)
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Powers of 10
Positive Exponents
000,101010101010
100010101010
100101010
1010
4
3
2
1
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Powers of 10
Negative Exponents
0001.010
001.010
01.010
1.010
000,101
101
101
101
1014
10001
101
101
1013
1001
101
1012
1011
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Converting from Scientific Notation back to Standard
1. Move decimal point same # of spaces as the exponent on the 10
2. If exponent is positive, move decimal to the right
3. If exponent is negative, move decimal to the left
4.285 x 102 428.5(move decimal 2 spots right)
4.285 x 10-4 0.0004285(decimal moves 4 spots left)
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Microscope
A tool that magnifies at a much higher power than a hand lens.
It magnifies smaller objects or makes smaller objects larger.
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Meter Stick A meter tool that
is used to measure distance and the length of objects.
It tells how long an object is.
What is the SI unit?Meter (m)
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Thermometer
A tool used to measure temperature.
What is the SI Unit?Celcius (C)
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Balance
A tool used to measure the mass of an object.
What is the SI unit?gram (g)
A balance tells the amount of matter an object contains.
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Spring Scales Springs Scales
measure weight in Newtons (N)
What is the difference between weight and mass?Weight is the
gravitational pull on an object
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Beaker An open
cylindrical container with a pouring lip.
It measures volume.
What is the SI unit?Liter (L)
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Graduated Cylinder Flask
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Tools & Accuracy
Are measurements with tools exact? Accepted value – The actual scientific
value of a measurement. Percent Error – the expression of error
as a percentage of the accepted value.