measurements in experiments 1.2 pp 10-19 mr. richter
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Measurements in Experiments1.2 pp 10-19
Mr. Richter
Agenda
Turn in Posters
Warm-Up
Discuss Energy Paragraphs
Finish Yesterday’s Notes
Questions about the Quiz?
Introduction to the Metric System
Notes (Day 1): Measurement The Metric System (SI) Metric Prefixes and
Scientific Notation
Day 2: Accuracy Precision Significant Figures
Objectives: We Will Be Able To…
List basic SI units and the quantities they describe.
Convert measurements into scientific notation.
Distinguish between accuracy and precision.
Use significant figures in measurements and calculations.
Warm-Up:
There are 5280 feet in a mile. There are 1000 meters in a kilometer.
How many feet are in 4 miles?
How many meters are in 4 kilometers?
For Tomorrow’s Quiz You Should:
Review your notes
Review the slides online
Pay special attention to things I have repeated (Like vocab, objectives, homework problems…)
Bring a sharpened pencil and be ready to go at the bell tomorrow
Measurement
What are Measurements?
Measurements tell us how much of what kind of stuff we have.
Measurements require two things: A quantity – how much A dimension (units) – what kind
UNITS MATTER! My amount of wealth differs greatly if I have 30 million
dollars or 30 million yen I can’t say “I live four away from here.” It only makes
sense if I say “four miles” or “four kilometers”.
Système Internationale (SI) aka The Metric System
All scientists and most countries use the SI or metric system.
Why? Because it is easy to convert between large and small units. And to use scientific notation.
The SI system has three base units (p. 11): Meter – length Kilogram – mass Second – time
All other units are combinations or derivations of these three.
Metric Prefixes
The SI uses metric prefixes and scientific notation to accommodate extreme values of the base units.
You will be required to memorize: nano- micro- milli centi kilo- mega-
Homework for Tonight
p14 #1-5
Warm-Up
Work by yourself in your notes to answer each question.
Remember to think in terms of being realistic: are meters larger or smaller than the original unit?
If you can, try to do this from memory; without the prefix charts.
How many meters is:
1. 42 kilometers
2. 4.2 kilometers
3. 0.42 kilometers
4. 4200 centimeters
5. 420 centimeters
6. 42 centimeters
7. 4.2 centimeters
Agenda
Warm-Up
Review Quiz
Set Up Portfolios
Review Homework
More On Metric Conversions
Scientific Notation
Accuracy and Precision
Significant Figures
Objectives: We Will Be Able To…
List basic SI units and the quantities they describe.
Convert measurements into scientific notation.
Distinguish between accuracy and precision.
Use significant figures in measurements and calculations.
Converting with Metric Prefixes (Another Method)
1 mm = 10-3 m, therefore:
To convert between units, multiply by the conversion factor.
Make sure units cancel out.
Bad:
Good:
Using Units
Units must agree. A fancy way of saying that the units used to express a measurement must match.
For example: Don’t use kilograms to measure
length. Duh. Sometimes people will use different
units of distance to measure the same thing, like area. Avoid and convert: feet-meters centimeter-meters
Scientific NotationReview
Scientific Notation
Used in conjunction with metric prefixes to indicate the size of a measurement.
To convert to scientific notation: slide decimal point to the right of the first non-zero value
0.000345 3.45 267000 2.67000
then multiply by a power of 10 to compensate for the shifted decimal point 0.000345 3.45 x 10-4
267000 2.67000 x 105
Your Turn
Convert the following values into scientific notation:
1. 4200
2. 340.6
3. 0.02
4. 0.00650
How did you do?
1. 4.2 x 103
2. 3.406 x 102
3. 2 x 10-2
4. 6.50 x 10-3
Warm-Up
Express the following measurements in scientific notation: 346 meters 2400 grams 0.0018 meters/second
How did you do? 3.46 x 102 m 2.4 (or 2.40 or 2.400) x 103 g 1.8 x 10-3 m/s
Scientific Notation
The real reason for scientific notation: not just because we’re sick of writing zeros. Scientific notation allows us to compare the sizes of
numbers almost instantaneously.
Which number is bigger? 23000000000000000 or 170000000000000000
How much easier is it in scientific notation? 2.3 x 1016 or 1.7 x 1017
Accuracy and Precision
Accuracy
Describes how close a measured value is to the true value of the quantity measured.
Errors in accuracy come from: human error – incorrect use of instrument or
science using a tape measure incorrectly reading a thermometer at the wrong level
instrument error – the device used to take a measurement doesn’t work the tape measure or thermometer is
broken
Precision
Refers to the degree of exactness with which a measurement is made and stated.
Errors in precision come from the limitations of an instrument, not human error or calibration.
For example: if the scale at the doctor’s office measures only to the nearest kilogram, then the doctor cannot be expected to state your mass to the nearest tenth of a kilogram.
Accuracy vs. Precision: Length
The length of a 18-cm pencil is measured three times with a ruler by three different people:
The length is measured to be about 18 cm each time: accurate but not precise.
The length is measured to be 16.92 cm, 20.31 cm, and 17.75 cm respectively: precise but not accurate.
The length is measured to be 17. 98 cm, 18.03 cm, and 17.96 cm: both accurate and precise.
Significant FiguresWhat numbers matter? (Summary of rules pp. 17-19)
Significant Figures (SigFigs)
Significant figures indicate the degree of precision with which a measurement was taken.
For example: 23 meters vs. 23.0 meters. What’s the difference? The same number mathematically, but the latter is more
precise. The measurement was taken with a more precise instrument.
Significant Figures comes down to: Which zeros don’t matter? Any in front of non-zero digits: 0.0008 Any at the end of a number but to the left of the decimal: 2000
Significant Figures and Scientific Notation
Scientific notation tells the difference between significant and insignificant figures.
For example: 200 could have 1 significant figure or 3.
In scientific notation: 200 = 2 x 102, or 200 = 2.00 x 102
It is easy to see which measurement is more precise written in scientific notation.
Calculations with Significant Figures
Adding: the sum should have the same number of digits to the right of the decimal as the least precise measurement. 250.4 + 112 ≠ 362.4 (indicates too much precision) 250.4 + 112 = 362
Multiplying: the product should have the same number of significant figures as the least precise measurement. 4.6 x 6.7 ≠ 30.82 (indicates too much precision) 4.6 x 6.7 = 31
Note: Your calculator doesn’t get sig figs.
Your Turn
Try p. 28 #20, a-d
Wrap-Up: Did we meet our objectives?
List basic SI units and the quantities they describe.
Convert measurements into scientific notation.
Distinguish between accuracy and precision.
Use significant figures in measurements and calculations.
Homework
Due Wed:
p19 #1-4