Log 3 q1

Log 3 q1

Questions of the Week

  1. What is the mnemonic device for remembering the different prefixes in the metric system? 

  2. If a measurement unit is bigger than the base, what language is the prefix?

  3. If a measurement unit is smaller than the base, what language is the prefix?

  4. What does oscillate mean? 

  5. What are you looking for when you measure liquid in a graduated cylinder? 

 Scientist of the Week 

  1. I was born on June 30,1748.

  2. I was a French astronomer who was born at the Paris Observatory.

  3. In 1770, I published an account of a voyage to America in 1768, undertaken as the commissary of the French Academy of Sciences.

  4. In 1783, I proposed a trigonometric survey connecting the observatories of Paris and Greenwich for the purpose of better determining the latitude and longitude of the latter. 

  5. I was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1788.

Daily Questions

  1. What is a mnemonic device?

  2. What is the Greek prefix for 1,000.

  3. What is the Latin prefix for 10?

  4. What metric base is used to measure mass?

  5. What are you dealing with when you use qualitative observations?