INTRODUCTORY CHEMISTRY CONCEPTS AND
CRITICAL THINKING CORWIN
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
◉ What is the term for the base unit of temperature in the metric
system?
Answer: Celsius degree (°C)
◉ What is the term for a unit that expresses the volume occupied by
a cube 1 centimeter on a side?
Answer: cm^3
◉ What is the term for the amount of mass in a unit volume?
Answer: density
◉ What is the term for a nondecimal system of measurement
without any base unit for length, mass, or volume?
Answer: English system
◉ What is the term for a statement of two exactly equal values?
Answer: exact equivalent
,◉ What is the term for the base unit of temperature in the English
system?
Answer: Fahrenheit degree (°F)
◉ What is the term for the base unit of mass in the metric system?
Answer: gram
◉ What is the term that refers to the flow of energy from an object at
a higher temperature to an object at a lower temperature?
Answer: heat
◉ What is the term that refers to a measurement system with seven
base units?
Answer: International System (SI)
◉ What is the term for a unit of energy in the SI system?
Answer: joule
◉ What is the term for the base unit of temperature in the SI
system?
Answer: Kelvin unit (K)
, ◉ What is the term for the base unit of volume in the metric system?
Answer: liter
◉ What is the term for the base unit of length in the metric system?
Answer: meter
◉ What is the term for a decimal system of measurement with base
units for length, mass, and volume?
Answer: metric system
◉ What is the term that expresses the amount of a single quantity
compared to an entire sample; an expression of parts per hundred
parts?
Answer: percent
◉ What is the term for the relationship between a fraction and its
inverse?
Answer: reciprocal
◉ What is the term for the base unit of time in the metric system?
Answer: second
CRITICAL THINKING CORWIN
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
◉ What is the term for the base unit of temperature in the metric
system?
Answer: Celsius degree (°C)
◉ What is the term for a unit that expresses the volume occupied by
a cube 1 centimeter on a side?
Answer: cm^3
◉ What is the term for the amount of mass in a unit volume?
Answer: density
◉ What is the term for a nondecimal system of measurement
without any base unit for length, mass, or volume?
Answer: English system
◉ What is the term for a statement of two exactly equal values?
Answer: exact equivalent
,◉ What is the term for the base unit of temperature in the English
system?
Answer: Fahrenheit degree (°F)
◉ What is the term for the base unit of mass in the metric system?
Answer: gram
◉ What is the term that refers to the flow of energy from an object at
a higher temperature to an object at a lower temperature?
Answer: heat
◉ What is the term that refers to a measurement system with seven
base units?
Answer: International System (SI)
◉ What is the term for a unit of energy in the SI system?
Answer: joule
◉ What is the term for the base unit of temperature in the SI
system?
Answer: Kelvin unit (K)
, ◉ What is the term for the base unit of volume in the metric system?
Answer: liter
◉ What is the term for the base unit of length in the metric system?
Answer: meter
◉ What is the term for a decimal system of measurement with base
units for length, mass, and volume?
Answer: metric system
◉ What is the term that expresses the amount of a single quantity
compared to an entire sample; an expression of parts per hundred
parts?
Answer: percent
◉ What is the term for the relationship between a fraction and its
inverse?
Answer: reciprocal
◉ What is the term for the base unit of time in the metric system?
Answer: second
