INTRODUCTORY CHEMISTRY CONCEPTS AND
CRITICAL THINKING CORWIN PRACTICE
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS
◉ 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
◉ What is the term for the ratio of the density of a substance
compared to the density of water at 4 °C?
Answer: specific gravity
◉ What is the term for the amount of energy required to raise one
gram of any substance one degree on the Celsius scale?
Answer: specific heat
CRITICAL THINKING CORWIN PRACTICE
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS
◉ 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
◉ What is the term for the ratio of the density of a substance
compared to the density of water at 4 °C?
Answer: specific gravity
◉ What is the term for the amount of energy required to raise one
gram of any substance one degree on the Celsius scale?
Answer: specific heat