Transcript Slide 1
Metric System
Quantity
Measured
Length
Unit
Symbol
Meter
m
Mass
Kilogram
kg
Time
Second
s
Volume
Liter
L
Temperature
Kelvin
K
Metric Prefixes
Prefix
Symbol
Multiplying factor(x
base unit)
Kilo-
k
1000
Hecto-
h
100
Deka-
dk (or da)
10
Base unit
1
Deci-
d
0.1
Centi-
c
0.01
Milli-
m
0.001
Something to help you convert:
Examples
100 km to m
100 mm to m
King Henry Died By Drinking Chocolate Milk (Where B stands for Basic Unit)
How do you use the “steps”
Decide what unit (prefix, first letter) you are
currently in, put a star under that step.
Decide which unit you are going to, put a dot under
that step.
Put your pencil on the star and decide how many
steps you have to move, and in which direction,
to reach the dot.
Put your pencil on the decimal of your number and
move it the same number of places in the same
direction you determined in the previous step.
Examples:
1. How many cm are in a 45m long piece of
wood?
2. How many L will a 290mL sample of
liquid contain?
3. A runner won a race by 4ms, how many
ds will that be?
4. Fred needs to measure 2km of rope. His
ruler can only measure in cm. How
many cm should he measure?
2 ways to find the volume of object:
If the dimensions are given then multiply
length x width x height in cm. (for regularshaped objects: cube or rectangular prism)
If the volume is determined by water
displacement take the difference between
the volume with the object and the volume
without the object. (for irregular-shaped
objects)
Volume
Remember in math when you could find
volume by multiplying length times width
times height?
Some more examples:
A pharmacist must measure out 0.275L of
water to mix a bottle of medication. He
has a cup that measures in cm3 (in the
medical field they call these cc’s which
stands for cubic centimeters).
How many cm3 must he measure out to
have 0.275L of water?
How many dm3 are in 300mL?
Temperature
In metric, we start with a Celsius
thermometer.
Water boils at 100oC and freezes at 0oC.
If you look back, the metric unit for
temperature is Kelvin.
To convert from Celsius to Kelvin, just add
273 to your Celsius temperature.
Temperature examples problems:
1. The temperature of a classroom is
determined to be 20oC. What is the
temperature in Kelvin?
2. The temperature of liquid nitrogen is 70K.
What is this temperature in Celsius?
Density
Density is how much mass is in a given
volume of a substance.
Units for density
Density has a derived unit. It isn’t just one
unit, but a combination of units.
Some Density examples:
1. A block of metal is 5cm long, 2 cm wide
and 1 cm tall. It is placed on a scale and
determined to have a mass of 595g.
What is the density of this metal?
2. What is the mass of a 25mL sample of
aluminum if it has a density of 2.7g/mL?
3. What volume will a 300g sample of gold
occupy if the density of gold is
19.3g/cm3?
Some more Density
1. A 4g sample of plastic is placed into a
graduated cylinder which contains 10mL
of water. After the plastic is in the water
the level reaches 15mL. What is the
density of the plastic?
2. A marble is placed on a balance and has
a mass of 3g. Then the marble is placed
into 9mL of water and the level goes up
to 11mL. What is the density of the
marble?
Chemical and Physical Properties:
Chemical Property: a characteristic that can only
be observed or measured by changing the
chemical composition of a substance.
Physical Property: a characteristic that can be
observed or measured without changing the
substances composition.
Key Question: Does characteristic involve change in
composition of substance? If yes, Chemical Property. If
no, Physical Property.
Examples of Chemical Properties:
• Carbon burns in air to form carbon dioxide.
• Iron rusts when left out in the rain.
• Baking soda bubbles vigorously when
vinegar is poured on it.
• Sulfur burned in coal makes sulfur trioxide
which combines with water in the clouds to
make acid rain.
* All are observations in which a substances
chemical composition is changed.
Examples of Physical Properties
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Water boils at 100oC.
Copper is a good conductor of electricity.
Gold has a density of 19.3g/mL
Mercury is silver in color and a liquid at
room temperature.
• Oxygen is a gas at room temperature.
• Motor oil comes in different viscosities.
* All are observations (size, shape, color, odor, or
phase) where the chemical composition is not
changed.
Can you pick out which property is
chemical and which is physical?
1. Hydrogen will burn in oxygen to make
water vapor.
2. Sodium chloride is a white solid at room
temperature.
3. Mercury has a density of 13.5g/mL
4. Copper forms a deep blue solution when
it is in contact with ammonia.
5. Oil and vinegar don’t mix.
Chemical and Physical Change
Chemical change: a process that involves
one or more substances changing into
new substances (i.e. chemical composition
has changed).
Physical change: a change in state or
condition without changing into another
substance or altering chemical
composition.
Examples of Chemical Change
• Burning (exploding)
• Rusting (oxidizing, corroding, tarnishing)
• Bubbles
• Color change
• Decomposing
*All are processes that involve a change in
chemical composition.
Example of Physical Change
• Melting, boiling, freezing, condensing,
sublimation.
• Draw metal into a wire, roll it into a sheet,
etc.
• Cut up.
*All are processes that do not involve a
change in chemical composition. There are
only changes in size, shape, or phase.
Chemical Property vs. Chemical
Change. Confused?
• Inevitably, you cannot define chemical
property without change.
– Ex: Carbon burns in air to form carbon
dioxide.
The fact that carbon burns is its chemical
property (you observe this). Carbon burning
and producing carbon dioxide is the
chemical change.
Can you tell which change is
chemical and physical
1) The Copper on a statue oxidizes making
a green color.
2) A student finds a piece of wax melted on
the counter top.
3) A log is burning in a fireplace.
4) Your mom used her good silver serving
spoon to serve eggs and it tarnished.
5) The outside of your glass of sweet tea is
all wet on a humid day.
Chemical Reactions and Energy
Some reactions need energy in order to
happen. These are ENDOTHERMIC
reactions. They get colder as they react.
Bond breaking Bond making
Some reactions give off energy as a product
of the reaction. These are EXOTHERMIC
reactions. They get hotter as they react.
Which is Exo and which is Endo?
1. A chemical is poured on the counter and
lit on fire and it gets so hot the sprinkler
system goes off.
2. A plastic bag with chemicals is used for
an injured athlete. The student trainer
breaks something inside the bag and
shakes it. It gets cold and can be used
on the injured athlete.