Bin Ham school C2&C3

Grade-9A Physics Trimester-1

CAPTER:1 A PHYSICS TOOLKIT
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Worksheet-4
Thinking Critically

Answer the following questions.

1. Express the measurements in scientific notation.

a. 142,000 s
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b. 0.00809 kg
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c. 501,000,000 m
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2. Simplify the following expressions. Give your answers in scientific notation, using the correct
number of significant digits.
a. (2106 m)(5105 m)
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12  106 m
4  102 s
b.
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c. (5.06102 m)  (8.124 km)

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3. Describe the relationship between the variables shown in the graph below. What is the general
equation that is used to represent this type of relationship?

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 Bin Ham school C2&C3
Grade-9A Physics Trimester-1
CAPTER:1 A PHYSICS TOOLKIT

KEY
Thinking Critically
1. a. 1.42  105 s
b. 8.09  103 kg
c. 5.01  108 m
2. a. 1  1012 m2
b. 3  104 m/s
c. 8630 m or 8.63 km
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3. The graph shows an inverse relationship between time and speed. x