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Measurement, Sig Figs, and the Metric Systme Chemistry GT 9/4/14
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Drill Get “Significant Digits” half-sheet and fill out. Put HW on desk.
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Objectives IWBAT Measure with precision. Explain the rules for significant figures. Perform calculations correctly, using sig figs.
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Let’s review the HW Significant Figures WS
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Measurement Lab, Part II Make sure you are taking your measurements with a high degree of precision. Record the number of sig figs in the third column
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Metric System Pick up packet! Use the WS “Metric System Warm Up/ Exit Ticket” Estimate the mass, volume, and length of various objects. Complete ONLY Column 1!!!!!
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The Measurement System of Science Do these mean anything to you? Kilo: kilometer, kilogram Centi: centimeter, cents, century Deca Decathlon, decade
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Brainstorm What other metric units/prefixes do you know? Let’s make a list!
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Base Units The International System (SI -- Le Système International d’Unités) has seven base units: Length (meter - m) Mass (kilogram - kg) Time (second - s) Amount of a substance (mole - mol) Temperature (kelvin - K) Electric Current (ampere - A) Luminous Intensity (candela - cd) ADD Volume (liter – L) – not really an SI unit!
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Prefixes – give meaning! There are eight prefixes that you will need to know for the SI units: Abbrev. Mega (1,000,000 x base;M 1 mega-base = 1000000 base) kilo (1000 x base; 1 kilo-base = 1000 base) k hecta (100 x base; 1 hecta-base = 100 base) h deka (10 x base; 1 deka-base = 10 base) da deci (base/10; 10 deci-base = 1 base) d centi (base/100; 100 centi-base = 1 base) c milli (base/1000; 1000 milli-base = 1 base) m micro (base/1000000; /u 1000000 micro-base = 1 base)
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So what? How do we use them? Any SI unit has two parts: prefix base For example, kilo - gram kilo - mete r centi - meter centi - gram So, what do we call 10 grams? deca - gram What do we call.001 seconds? milli - second How about.1 liters? deci - liter
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So, what? Brainstorm an item (any item) that has, approximately: mass of one gram volume of one liter time of one second distance of one kilometer FYI, 1 km = 0.62 mi, 1 kg = 2.2 lb
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Closure Your group will need a copy of the Animal Sort Chart. You will be sorting the animals into categories based on the mass of the animals. Sort the animals into the following categories: category 1< 1 Kg category 21 – 100 Kg category 3101 – 1000 Kg category 4> 1001 Kg After everyone has sorted all of the animals into categories, we will have a class discussion.
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