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What is the volume of of 50 cm^3 of water?

a. There is no way of figuring that out.
b. 5 mL
c. 50 mL
d. 15,900 mL - ANSWER: c. 50 mL

Which of the following is biggest?

a. 1 L
b. 1 m^3
c. 1 quart - ANSWER: b. 1 m^3

Doubling the radius of a sphere results in increasing its volume by a factor of

a. 2
b. 4
c. 8
d. 8pi - ANSWER: c. 8

Since 1967, the standard definition for the second has been based on which of the
following?

a. characteristic frequency of the cesium-133 atom
b. average solar day
c. sidereal day
d. Greenwich Civil Time
e. none of the above - ANSWER: a. characteristic frequency of the cesium-133 atom

What is the mass of 5.2 L of water?

a. 5.2 g
b. 5.2 kg
c. 5200 kg
d. 5.2 cm^3 - ANSWER: b. 5.2 kg

The standard metric unit for mass is the __________________.

a. kilogram
b. gram
c. ounce

,d. pound - ANSWER: a. kilogram

When SI units are plugged into an equation, it is found that the units balance. Which
of the following can we expect to be true for this equation?

a. The equation will be dimensionally correct.
b. The equation will be dimensionally correct except sometimes in cases when the
right hand side of the equation has more than one term.
c. The equation will not be dimensionally correct.
d. All constants of proportionality will be correct. - ANSWER: a. The equation will be
dimensionally correct.

____________________ can be represented by a number and units. The units are
always a distance unit squared.

a. mass
b. area
c. volume
d. speed - ANSWER: b. area

How many significant figures does the number 1700 have?

a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
e. One cannot tell with certainty when the number is written in the given form, but it
will be one of the other given answers. - ANSWER: e. One cannot tell with certainty
when the number is written in the given form, but it will be one of the other given
answers.

The number 0.00017 has how many significant figures?

a. 2
b. 3
c. 5
d. 6
e. 7 - ANSWER: a. 2

The length and width of a standard sheet of paper is measures, and then the area is
found by calculation to be 91.50 in^2. The number of significant figures in the width
measurement must be at least :

a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4

, e. 5 - ANSWER: d. 4

How many meters are in a kilometer?

a. 100
b. 1000
c. 1/100
d. 1/1000 - ANSWER: b. 1000

What is the mass of 75 cm^3 of water?

a. There is no way of figuring that out.
b. 7.5 g
c. 75 g
d. 3.875 lb - ANSWER: c. 75 g

A train slowly climbs a 450-m mountain track which is at an angle of 10.0 degrees
with respect to the horizontal. How much altitude does it gain?

a. 78.1 m
b. 225.0 m
c. 83.1 m
d. 443.2 m
e. 450 m - ANSWER: a. 78.1 m

Areas have dimensions __________ while volumes have dimensions __________.

a. inches, square inches
b. L^2, L^3
c. both a and b are correct
d. none of the above - ANSWER: b. L^2, L^3

How many centimeters are in a meter?

a. 10
b. 100
c. 1/10
d. 1000 - ANSWER: b. 100

In mechanics, physicists use three basic quantities to derive additional quantities.
Mass is one of the three quantities. What are the other two?

a. length and force
b. power and force
c. length and time
d. force and time - ANSWER: c. length and time

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