2.0: The Scale of the Atomic World
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Unit 1 Objectives
By the end of this unit, you will be able to:
- Explain the process of measurement
- Identify the three basic parts of a quantity
- Describe the properties and units of length, mass, volume, density, and time
- Perform basic unit calculations and conversions in the metric and other unit systems
- Explain the dimensional analysis (factor label) approach to mathematical calculations involving quantities
- Use dimensional analysis to carry out unit conversions for a given property and computations involving two or more properties
- Perform dimensional analysis calculations with units raised to a power
- Use density as a conversion factor