Chemistry Journal

1.02 Measuring Matter

Driving Question: How can proper measurement and unit conversions ensure the reliability
of experimental results?

Key Ideas and Terms Notes

FQ: What are measurements and units?
What is matter? What makes up anything that has mass or volume
Define volume. The amount of space an object occupies
Define mass. The measure of the amount of matter
What is the difference Mass is the measurement of how much space an object takes while
between mass and weight is the measurement of the effect of gravity to an objects
weight? mass.

FQ: What are the different systems of measurement?

What are the US Metric
equivalent Length: Feet, Inches, miles Meters
measurements Mass/Weight: Pounds, Ounces, Tons Grams
between the U.S. and Volume: Pint, quarter, gallon Liter
metric systems for Temperature: Degrees Fahrenheit Degrees Celsius
length, mass/weight, Time: Seconds, Minutes, Hours
volume, temperature,
and time?
Record the prefixes Kilo – 1000 Deci - .1
and their values used Hecto – 100 Unit – 1 Centi - .01
in the metric system. Deca – 10 Milli - .001
What are the seven Meter{m} Kelvin{K}
base units for the Kilogram{kg} Mole{mol}
International System Seconds{s} Candela{cd}
of Units? Ampere{a}
FQ: How are units converted between or within measurement systems?
What is a conversion Where they take two different units as numerator and denominator
factor? Give an and make them equivalent to each other.
5,280 feet
example. 1 mile
1 mile
5,280 feet
    or
In a unit conversion Equivalent
factor, the value of the
numerator is __ to that
of the denominator
even though the units
are different.
Describe how the units Because the two units are equivalent to each other in mass or
"cancel." volume.
Conversion Factor 5280ft
Video: 3 miles x ---------- = 15840ft
 Convert 3 1mile
miles to feet
(show the setup 1min 5760min 1hr 96hr
used to solve) 5760s x --------- = ------------- = 96 min x -------- = --------- = 1.6 hr
60s 60 60min 60
 Convert 5,760
seconds to
hours (show
the setup used
to solve)
Convert 25 kilograms 1kg x 25 = 25kg
to pounds. 2.2lbs x 25 = 55lbs

Convert 2 liters to 1l x 2 = 2l
gallons. .2G x 2 = .4G

Write 32,000,000 mg 3.2 x 10^7

in scientific notation.
FQ: How is the conversion factor used for converting derived units?
What is a derived unit? Measurements with more than one unit

The unit cm3 is a unit Derived unit

of ________.
What is the speed 0.36
km/h in cm/s? Show
the work used to solve
the problem.
(I used picture
hopefully it works)

Convert the volume 1m^3 x 5 = 5m^3

5.0 m3 to the unit cm3. 100cm^3 x 5 = 500cm^3
Show the work used to
solve the problem.

What are some other 35mL to mm^3

derived units?

Be sure to record any extra helpful notes, vocabulary terms, and practice sample problems.