Integrated Science Midterm Review

Chapter 1 – Science BasicsWrite the following information

down on your own sheet of paper.

Vocabulary

• pure science• technology• scientific method• quantitative observation• qualitative observation• hypothesis• independent variable• dependent variable• theory• law

• model• length• mass• volume• density• precision• significant figures• accuracy• control• constants

Main Ideas

• observations and inferences• parts of a controlled experiment• metric conversions• scientific notation• precision vs. accuracy• importance of significant figures and identifying

sig figs• understanding and calculating density

Metric Conversionskilo hecto deka base deci centi milli

1) 203 cm = ________ mm

2) 8.2 kg = ________ g

3) 6.2 L = ________ cL = ________ ml

4) 56.2 kg = ________ dag = ________ cg

5) 307 ml = ________ cm3

Scientific Notation

1) 6.7 x 10-6

2) 7.14 x 10-2

3) 3.6 x 103

4) 9.5 x 10-4

5) 8.0 x 100

6) 520,000

7) .000629

8) 57,600,000

9) .0034

10) 90

Significant Figures

1) 230 mm

2) 120.00 cm

3) .0004 g

4) 741,000. km

5) .07100 m

6) 9,560,000 km

7) 3.05 cm

8) .45000 L

9) 430.05 km

10) .0090 kg