CH1 Review: The Basics

The quiz after chapter 1

How are the size of a tree and its age related?

directly

How are the height of a person and the color of his automobile related?

unrelated

how is the age of a loaf of bread related to its freshness?

inversely

Which of the following is an appropriate unit for area?

square yards

which of the following is not an appropriate unit for volume?

cm

All the following are measures of length except:

second

List these metric terms in increasing order: A.mega B.micro C.milli D.hecto E.deca F.deci

B.micro C.milli F.deci E.deca D.hecto A.mega

List these metric terms in decreasing order: A.nano B.centi C.giga D.kilo E.hecto F.micro

C.giga D.kilo E.hecto B.centi F.micro A.nano

How many milliliters are in 8 liters?

8000

How many centimeters are in 3 meters?

300

How many kilometers are in 3000 meters?

3

what is the reciprocal of 100?

0.01

what is the reciprocal of 1/8?

8

How m any hertz is 3 MHz?

3,000,000 hertz

How many milliliters are contained in a jar filled with 5 liters of fluid?

5000

How many liters are contained in 80ml of fluid?

0.08

How much bigger is a thousand than ten?

100 times

How much bigger is a billion than a million?

1000 times

How much smaller is a hundred than a thousand?

1/10