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Assessment #8: SI, Accuracy, Precision & Error PRACTICE: Chemistry

This document contains a 10 question practice assessment on scientific measurement concepts including accuracy, precision, SI units, and calculating percent error. The questions cover topics such as distinguishing between accuracy and precision, identifying the SI base unit for length, converting between units of length like centimeters and meters, and calculating percent error in experimental results.

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Assessment #8: SI, Accuracy, Precision & Error PRACTICE: Chemistry

This document contains a 10 question practice assessment on scientific measurement concepts including accuracy, precision, SI units, and calculating percent error. The questions cover topics such as distinguishing between accuracy and precision, identifying the SI base unit for length, converting between units of length like centimeters and meters, and calculating percent error in experimental results.

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Name: _____________________________

Date: _________________ Per: _____

Chemistry
Assessment #8: SI, Accuracy, Precision & Error PRACTICE
For each of the following questions or statements, select the most appropriate response and write its
letter on the answer line:

_____ 1. Three different people weigh a standard mass of 2.00 g on the same balance. Each person
obtains a reading of exactly 7.32 g for the mass of the standard. These results imply that the
balance that was used is:
A. accurate but not precise
B. precise but not accurate
C. both accurate and precise
D. neither accurate nor precise

_____ 2. The closeness of a measurement to its true value is a measure of its:


A. precision
B. accuracy
C. reproducibility
D. usefulness

_____ 3. The diameter of a carbon atom is 0.000 000 000 154 m. What is this number expressed in
nanometers?
A. 154 nm
B. 0.154 nm
C. 0.000 154 nm
D. 0.000 000 154 nm

_____ 4. Which of the following equalities is NOT correct?


A. 100 cg = 1 g
B. 1000 mm = 1 m
C. 1 cm3 = 1 mL
D. 10 kg = 1 g

_____ 5. What is the SI unit of length?


A. meter
B. inch
C. mile
D. foot

_____ 6. Which of the following units is an official SI base unit (i.e. NOT a derived unit)?
A. Liter
B. second
C. milligram
D. Fahrenheit
_____ 7. Which of the following lengths is the same as one meter?
A. one centimeter
B. ten centimeters
C. one hundred centimeters
D. one thousand centimeters

_____ 8. What is the quantity 7.5 millimeters expressed in centimeters?


A. 0.075 cm
B. 0.75 cm
C. 7.5 cm
D. 75 cm

_____ 9. Which of the following is NOT a unit of temperature?


A. Celsius
B. Fahrenheit
C. Joule
D. Kelvin

_____ 10. A reaction takes place that is expected to yield 171.9 g of product, but only yields 154.8 g.
What is the percent error for this experiment?
A. 9.9%
B. 17.1%
C. 90.1%
D. 111.0%
Answers:
1. B
2. B
3. B
4. D
5. A
6. B
7. C
8. B
9. C
10. A

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