Test Bank for Integrated Science, 8th Edition by Bill Tillery

Test Bank for Integrated Science, 8th Edition Tillery
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Chap 01 8e Tillery
1) A referent is a familiar object one can use to describe a property of a different object.
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2) The property of mass is a measure of how heavy an object is.
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3) Pseudoscience fails to conform to repeated fair tests.
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4) A 100 g piece of iron has twice the volume as a 50 g piece of iron.
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5) The mass of 1000 cm3 of water in a tall glass is a kilogram.
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6) The density of a 100 g piece of iron is twice as great as the density of a 50 g piece of iron.
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7) A scientific law describes how certain parts of nature are consistently observed to act.
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, 8) The symbol∝ has the meaning of "is proportional to."
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9) In science, the word theory refers to a set of related hypotheses that have been shown to be
correct by many experiments.
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10) The symbol "∆" is used to refer to an object's density.
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11) Equations are shorthand statements used to
A) describe a property.
B) define a concept.
C) describe how quantities change together.
D) All of the choices are correct.



12) Measured properties that can have different values at different times are
A) the result of measurement errors.
B) impossible.
C) called variables.
D) called scientific flukes.



13) If equation V = tk is used to describe the relationship between how much fuel a gas tank can
hold and the time required to fill it, the symbol " k"
A) has units of min/gal.
B) is a variable.
C) is a proportionality constant.
D) depends on the length of time.




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