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MEASUREMENTA very useful skill
IMPORTANT CONCEPTS AND SKILLS TO BE LEARNED
Scientific Method Application Graphing Skills Variables- experimental or control Dimensional Analysis and Conversions Uncertainty in measurements Use of basic lab equipment and
measurements
MEASUREMENT
Information that describes a physical quantity with both a number and a unit.
What type of measurements can you make from the picture below?
YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR KNOWING…
1. The base units for each type of measurement
2. The specific tools used in the lab to make the measurements
3. Converting from the base unit to others for example Grams to kilograms
USING CLEAR STANDARDS OF MEASUREMENTS, WE CAN COMMUNICATE MORE EFFECTIVELY IN ANSWERING SIMPLE QUESTIONS.
How heavy is an egg?
How much space does an egg occupy?
Does an egg size piece of steel or wood have the same mass?
How hard is it to crush an egg by squeezing evenly from all sides?
MASS VS. WEIGHT
Mass ( How heavy is an egg?) How much matter is present in an object
Weight The force of gravity Weight = Mass x Gravity
MASS VS. WEIGHT
Base unitGrams
Tool to measure mass? Digital balance
VOLUME INDICATES AN AMOUNT OF SPACE.
VOLUME
Base unit Liters
Tool used to measure volume? Graduated cylinder
1 mL = 1 cm3
You can measure the volume of a liquid using a graduated cylinder.
VOLUME
THINK ABOUT THIS…
Does an egg size piece of steel or wood have the same mass?
3 blocks of equal volume
3 different mass values
plastic glass iron
DENSITY
DENSITY
How much mass is in a given volume of material
EQUAL SIZE DOES NOT MEAN EQUAL MASS
Density is a CALCULATED measurement
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MASS AND VOLUME
If 45 g of titanium are added to a graduated cylinder containing 50 mL of water, what will the cylinder read after the titanium has been added?
Density
Asked: Volume of graduated cylinder after adding 45 g of titanium
Given: 45 g of titanium, density of titanium d = 4.5 g/cm3, 50 mL of water
Relationships:
Solve:
The titanium adds 10 mL to the cylinder, which now reads 60 mL.
Answer: 60 mL
Discussion: This is an example of measurement using the displacement
method.
md V
3 3
45 1.0
40
.51
m g mLV
d g cm cmmL
GET YOUR CALCULATORS OUT!
1. Calculate the density of 100 g of lead (Pb) that occupies a volume of 8.80 cm3.
2. Calculate the density of 100 g of water (H2O) that occupies a volume of 100 cm3.
3. A gold bracelet has a mass of 46.23g. The density of gold (Au) is 19.3 g/cm3. Calculate the volume of this bracelet.
PRESSURE
How hard is it to crush an egg by squeezing evenly from all sides?
PRESSURE
Force per unit area exerted by matter, acts equally in all directions within a liquid or a gas.
Base units of Pressure Pascal Pa (N/m2) Pounds per Square Inch psi (lb/in2) Atmosphere atm
Is an empty bottle full of nothing?
Can you squeeze a bottle that is tightly capped?
Does air have pressure?
Air has mass
Air has pressure
Air has volume
AIR IS MATTER!
Mass How heavy is an egg?
Volume How much space does an egg occupy?
Density Does an egg size piece of steel or
wood have the same mass?
Pressure How hard is it to crush an egg by squeezing
evenly from all sides?
REVIEW OF MEASUREMENTS
Is the mass exactly 10.0 g?
We don’t know since any mass between 9.95 g and 10.05 g would round off to 10.0 g
Could it be 9.96 g? 10.04 g?
10.0 ± 0.1g
ACCURACY AND PRECISION
ACCURACY AND PRECISION
Accuracy
A term that describes how close a measurement is to the true value
Precision
A term that describes how close measured values are to each other
ACCURACY AND PRECISION
SIGNIFICANT FIGURES
A digit that represents an actual measurement
used to convey the precision of measurements without having to write ± after each value
In this class
we will round the measurements off to two decimal places
Asked: The value with the correct number of significant figures
Given: You can estimate to a tenth of the graduation of a cylinder or ruler
Relationships: The last digit on the right is assumed to be plus or minus one-tenth.
Solve: The meniscus is right on 18, so estimate 18.0 mL.
Answer: 18.0 mL
Discussion: The real value is confidently known to be between 17.9 and 18.1 mL.
What value should be recorded for the volume measurement in the picture?
PRECISION AND ACCURACY
Science encompasses very large and very small objects.
We use a shorthand numerical method to write large or small numbers…
Large Small
SCIENTIFIC NOTATION
A method of writing numbers as a base times the power of ten
Mantissa the first number
Power of ten The second
number with exponent
mantissa
1,500 = 15 x 100 power of 10 = 102
exponent
1,500 in scientific notation: 1.5 x 103
1,500 = 1.5 x 1,000
= 103
mantissa
Scientific notation
0.000 000 4
= 4 x 10–7
0.003 6
= 3.6 x 10–3
0.000 083 1
= 8.31 x 10–5
Scientific notation
40,000,000
= 4 x 107
3,600
= 3.6 x 103
83,100
= 8.31 x 104
Scientific notation
Convert 0.00065 to scientific notation.
Scientific notation
Asked: The number in scientific notation
Given: 0.00065 as a decimal number
Relationships:
Answer:
40.0001 1046.5 10
YOUR TURN
Practice moving the decimal point in the correct direction. Take the following numbers out of scientific
notation, and write them out showing the correct number of zeros. a. 9 × 106 _9,000,000__ b. 3.7 × 10–3 _0.0037__ c. 3.56 × 103__3,560__ d. 2.14 × 10–7_0.000000214
PRACTICE IS GOOD FOR YOU
2. Write the following numbers in scientific notation. a. 62,100 __6.21 × 104
b. 0.00521 _5.21 × 10–3
c. 5050 __5.05 × 103
d. 0.000000717 __7.17 × 10–7
Using scientific notation on a calculator
Scientific notation
CONVERSIONS You need to be able to translate between
different units of measurements…. DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS
Conversion factors help you do this task!
Conversion factor : a ratio of two different units that has a value of 1 Example 12 eggs / 1 dozen
12 inches / 1 foot
Measuring physical properties
Mass grams
Volume liters
Density grams per liter
Pressure atmospheres, psi
Precision vs. accuracy
Scientific notation
40,000,000
= 4 x 107
0.000 000 4
= 4 x 10–7
In Summary
The universe obeys a set of unwritten rules…
… called natural laws.
How can we approach these questions?
Questions
Evidence
Theory
SCIENTIFIC METHOD INVOLVES…
Inquiry : the process of learning through asking questions
Theory : an explanation that is supported by evidence
Does sugar dissolve faster in hot water?
Can you make an educated guess?
What is another term we use in science for educated guess?
hypothesis: a tentative explanation for something, or a tentative answer to a question.
“I think sugar dissolves
faster in hot water.”
a hypothesis!
Does sugar dissolve faster in hot water?
experiment: a situation specially set up to observe how something happens or to test a hypothesis.
Testing a hypothesis requires scientific evidence from experiments.
VARIABLES
Experimental variable The single variable that is changed to test its
effect
Control Variables The variables that are kept constant during the
experiment
Objective observation:The time it takes the sugar to dissolve changes in each trial.
One experimental setup:
Does this support our hypothesis? YES NO MAYBE
“I think sugar dissolves
faster in hot water.”
One experimental setup:
What could affect dissolving?
• Water temperature• Amount of sugar• Amount of water
Variables
variable: a quantity that is measured or changed in an experiment or observation.
What could affect dissolving?
• Water temperature• Amount of sugar• Amount of water
Variables
We don’t know if our hypothesis is correct because more than one variable changed at the same time!
TYPES OF VARIABLES
Experimental Variable: The single variable that is changed to test its
effect Control Variables:
Variables that are kept constant during an experiment
IN EVERY EXPERIMENT THERE IS ALWAYS SOME UNCERTAINTY AND ERROR
You can do this water and sugar experiment 3 times, follow the exact same steps, and yet still come up with three slightly different resultsWhy do you think that may be the case?
ERROR IS NOT A MISTAKE
Error:
The unavoidable difference between the real measurement and the true value of what you are measuring
TAKE THE AVERAGE
So when you take many measurements of the same test…
what would you do to help make an educated guess as to what the value may actually be???
Why take the average?
• To improve accuracy
• Comparing the actual measurement
with the average gives you an
estimate of the error
How can we know the error if we don’t know the true value?Assume the average is the true value.
Accuracy
WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE DATA COLLECTED?
DRAW CONCLUSIONS A stated decision whether or not the results of
the experiments or observations confirm an idea or hypothesis