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Chapter 2. Analyzing Data. Scientific Notation & Dimensional Analysis. Scientific notation – way to write very big or very small numbers using powers of 10 3 x 10 8. Superscript. Coefficient. Superscript Rules. Numbers greater than 10 = Ex. 257000000000000 Numbers less than 10 =
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Chapter 2 Analyzing Data
Scientific Notation & Dimensional Analysis • Scientific notation – way to write very big or very small numbers using powers of 10 3 x 108 Superscript Coefficient
Superscript Rules • Numbers greater than 10 = • Ex. 257000000000000 • Numbers less than 10 = • Ex. 0.0000000000000257
Rules for Scientific Notation • The coefficient must be between 1.0 and 9.99. • Your coefficient must contain all significant digits. • Move the decimal point as many places as necessary until you create a coefficient between 1.0 and 9.99. • The exponent will be the number of places you move your decimal point. • Moving the decimal to the left makes the number larger = POSITIVE EXPONENT • Numbers greater than 10 always have exponents that are positive. • Moving the decimal to the right makes the number smaller = NEGATIVE EXPONENT • Numbers less than 1.0 always have exponents that are negative
Write the following in scientific notation • 1,392,000 km • 0.0000000028 • 1176.9 • 0.0123
Write the following in regular notation • 3.6 x 105 • 5.4 x 10-5 • 5.060 x 103 • 8.9 x 10-7
Significant Figures • all the digits that are known precisely plus one last one that is estimated.
Rules for Significant Digits • Every nonzero digit is significant Ex. 24.7 m • Zeros appearing between nonzero digits are significant Ex. 24.07 m
3. Zeros after significant digits are only significant if there is a decimal point Ex. 2470 Ex. 2470.0
4. Zeros in front of numbers are NOT significant, even after a decimal point Ex. 0.0000247 Ex. 0.247 5. When a number is in scientific notation, all numbers in the coefficient are significant Ex. 2.470 x 103
Significant Digits in Calculations • An answer cannot be more precise than the least precise measurement from which it was calculated. • To round off an answer you must first decide how many significant digits the answer should have. • Your calculator DOES NOT keep track of significant digits, you have to do it!
Addition & Subtraction • Answer can have no more decimal places than the number in the problem with the fewest decimal places. • Ex: 4.5 + 6.007 + 13.39 = 23.897 • Correct sig figs = 23.9
Multiplication & Division • Answer can have no more significant digits than the number in the problem with the fewest significant digits • Ex: 3.24 x 7.689 x 12.0 = 298.94832 • Correct Sig. Figs = 299
Units and Measurement • Systeme Internationale d’Unites (SI Units) – standard units of measure used by all scientists. • Why?
Base Units and SI Prefixes • Base unit – measurements that can be taken with one instrument • Time • Length • Mass • Temperature • Amount
Prefixes are added to base units to indicate very large or very small quantities.
Second – determined by the frequency of radiation given of by cesium – 133 • Meter – distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second • Kilogram – defined by a platinum and iridium cylinder kept in France
Temperature – quantitative measurement of the average kinetic energy of the particles that make up an object
Temperature Scales • Fahrenheit • Water freezes at • Water boils at • oF = 1.8(oC) + 32 • Celsius • Water freezes at • Water boils at • oC = (oF – 32)/1.8
Which is warmer, 25 oF or 25 oC? • What is 98 oF in oC? • What is 20 oC in oF?
Kelvin • Water freezes at 273 • Water boils at 373 • Theoretically molecule movement completely stops at 0 K (absolute zero) • K = C + 273
What is 25 oC in K? • What is 300 K in oC? • What is 35 oF in K?
Derived Units • Derived unit – unit that is made by combining two or more base units • m/s • g/mL • cm3
Volume – space an object takes up • L x w x h • SI unit – m3 • More useful unit = L • 1 L = 1 dm3 • 1 mL = 1 cm3
Volumes of irregular objects can be found by placing them into a graduated cylinder and measuring the amount of water that is displaced • What is the volume of the dinosaur?
Density = amount of mass per unit volume • g/cm3 • g/mL • kg/L • Always the same for a given substance • D = M/V
What is the density of a cube that has a mass of 20 g and a volume of 5 cm3?
When a piece of aluminum is placed in a 25 mL graduated cylinder that contains 10.5 mL of water, the water level rises to 13.5 mL. The density of aluminum is 2.7 g/mL. What is the mass of the piece of aluminum?
What is the volume of an object with a mass of 13.5 g and a density of 1.4 g/mL?
Dimensional Analysis • A systematic approach to problem solving that uses conversion factors to move from one unit to another • Conversion factor is a ratio of equivalent values with different units • 1 km = 1000 m • 12 inches = 1 foot
1 step conversions Ex 1: A roll of wire is 15m long, what is the length in cm? Ex 2: convert 8.96L to milliliters
Convert 100 yards to feet • Convert 5 kilometers to miles
Multi step conversions • Convert 525 km to cm • Convert 10000 in to miles
Conversions with derived units • Convert 365 mm3 to m3 • Convert 15.9 cm3/s to L/h
Convert 25 miles/hour to ft/second • Convert 1.004 g/cm3 to kg/mL
Uncertainty in Data • All measurements contain uncertainties
Accuracy vs. precision • Accuracy is how close a single measurement comes to the actual dimension or true value of what is measured • 4.555555 vs. 4.56 • More decimal places make a measurement more accurate. • Depends on quality of measuring device
Precision is how close several measurements are to the same value • Depends on more than one measurement • Depends on the skill of the person making the measurement
Error and percent error • Experimental value – value measured during experiment • Accepted value – true or known value • Error = experimental value – accepted value
Percent error: • You calculate the density of sucrose to be 1.40 g/mL. The accepted value for the density of sucrose is 1.59 g/mL. What is your % error?
2.4 Representing Data • Graphs are a visual representation of data which make it easier to see patterns and trends
Circle graphs • Aka – • Show parts of a fixed whole
Bar Graphs • Show how a quantity varies across categories • Y axis – • X axis –
Line Graphs • Points on line = intersection of data for independent and dependent variable • Y axis – • X axis –
Relationship between variables can be analyzed by the slope of the line. • Slope = • + slope = • - slope =
Interpreting Graphs • What is the independent variable • What is the dependent variable • Is the relationship linear? • Is the slope positive or negative
Interpolation – reading data from any point that falls between recorded data points
Extrapolation – extending line beyond data points to estimate future values • Be careful! Can easily lead to errors