Basic Laboratory Techniques
Pre-lab Questions
You should be able to answer the following questions before beginning this experiment:
1. What are the basic units of electric current, time, amount of substance, and luminous intensity in the SI system?
2. What prefix do the following abbreviations represent: (a) f, (b) n, (c) G, (d) c, and (e) p?
3. What is the number of significant figures in each of the following measured quantities: (a) 351 g, (b) 0.0100 mL, (c) 1.010 mL, and (d) 3.72x10^-3 cm?
4. What is the length in millimeters of a crystal of copper sulfate that is 0.180 in. long?
5. Perform the following conversions: (a) 72.3 mg to g, (b) 6.0x10^-10 m to mm, and (c) 325 mm to um.
6. DNA is approximately 2.5 nm in length. If an average man is 5 ft 10 in. tall, how many DNA molecules could be stacked to extend from the ground to the top of the head of an average man?
7. A liquid has a volume of 3.70 L. What is its volume in mL? In cm^3?