SCIN 131 Week 1 Quiz / SCIN131 Week 1 Quiz: American Military University

SCIN 131 Week 1 Quiz
Released: Jun 18, 2021 11:55 PM
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Which of the following is an observation?
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The universe began as a cosmic explosion called the Big Bang.
The star closest to Earth is moving away from Earth at high speed.

Matter is made of atoms.
A body in motion stays in motion unless acted upon by force.
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Great! This topic is discussed in Chapter 1 in the text. This is the scientific method.

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I have decided to jump off the tallest peak on my house into a
swimming pool. The tallest peak is 7.3 meters. How high is
this in feet?
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33
18
97
24
13
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Good. This is a basic conversion problem. Discussed in Chapter 1 in the text.

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A room has dimensions of 8.00 ft × 12.0 ft × 16.0 ft. What is
the volume of the room in yd3? (1 yd = 3 ft)

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, 4.14 x 104 yd3


1.34 x 108 yd3


56.9 yd3


4.61 x 103 yd3

none of the above


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This is a basic conversion problem, but with using exponents. Discussed in Chapter 1 in the text.

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The mass of a single copper atom is 1.055 × 10-22 g. This is
the same mass as:
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g


g


g


g



A sailor circumnavigated the earth and covered 4,264,000
meters. Express this number in standard scientific notation.
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4.264 × 10-7 m

4.264 × 106 m