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PES Skill Sheets.book - Capital High School

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<strong>Skill</strong> Sheet 1.3: Significant Digits<br />

Part 1 answers:<br />

a. 4<br />

b. 1<br />

c. 4<br />

d. 2<br />

e. 2<br />

f. 3<br />

g. infinitely many (# of students is counted)<br />

<strong>Skill</strong> Sheet 1.3: Study Notes<br />

This skill sheet provides a note-taking grid for students. It can be<br />

used with reading assignments throughout the school year.<br />

<strong>Skill</strong> Sheet 1.3: Science Vocabulary<br />

Prefix is in bold and suffix is underlined:<br />

thermometer electrolyte monoatomic<br />

volumetric endothermic spectroscope<br />

prototype convex supersaturated<br />

Student definitions:<br />

Answers may vary. Correct answers include:<br />

1. The study of water<br />

2. Many units<br />

3. The same kind<br />

4. Different kinds<br />

5. Existing light<br />

6. An instrument for measuring the full range of something<br />

Dictionary definitions:<br />

1. The science dealing with the properties, distribution, and<br />

circulation of water<br />

2. A chemical compound formed by the union of small<br />

molecules, usually consisting of repeating units<br />

3. Of the same kind, having uniform structure<br />

<strong>Skill</strong> Sheet 1.3: SI Units Extra Practice<br />

1. 12,756,000 m<br />

2. 347,600,000 cm<br />

3. 384,000 km<br />

4. 200,000,000 m<br />

5. 16,000,000 cm<br />

6. 3,600,000 mm<br />

7. 125,000 m long, 400 m deep, 1,500 m wide<br />

8. 11.18 km/sec<br />

9. 5,400,000 g<br />

10. 2 g<br />

<strong>Skill</strong> Sheet 1.3: SI-English Conversions<br />

1. ≈ 4.3 mi<br />

2. ≈ 4.11 oz<br />

3. ≈ 896 kg<br />

4. ≈ 2.1 qt<br />

5. ≈ 2,400 g<br />

6. ≈ 33 mi<br />

7. 2830 in; 78.7 yd<br />

8. ≈ 1.74 mi<br />

9. ≈ 3.77 L<br />

10. ≈ 0.379 lb<br />

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Part 2 answers:<br />

1. 34,000 cm 2<br />

2. 0.9 liters<br />

3. 12.8 m 2<br />

4. 24.2°C<br />

5. 40:32<br />

6. Answers will vary.<br />

4. Consisting of dissimilar ingredients<br />

5. The emission of light (as by a chemical or physiological<br />

process)<br />

6. An instrument for measuring spectra<br />

Definitions based on prefixes and suffixes:<br />

1. thermometer<br />

2. sonogram (or sonograph)<br />

3. monoatomic<br />

4. telescope<br />

Word Dictionary Definition<br />

thermometer An instrument for measuring temperature<br />

sonogram A graph that shows the loudness of sound at<br />

different frequencies<br />

monoatomic Containing only one type of atom<br />

telescope A cylindrical instrument for viewing distant<br />

objects<br />

11. 1,200 mg to 2,700 mg<br />

12. 158,000 kg<br />

13. 450,000,000 mg<br />

14. 23,000 g to 90,000 g<br />

15. 40,000 mL<br />

16. 1,000 mL<br />

17. 26,600 kL<br />

18. 1,558,000 L<br />

19. 60 mL<br />

20. 0.947 L

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