LEARNING OBJECTIVES FOR CHAPTER 1
1. Distinguish between' physical and chemical properties and changes
2. Define the features of the states of matter
3. Understand the nature of potential and kinetic energy and their interconversion
4. Understand the scientific approach to studying phenomena and distinguish between
observation, hypothesis, experiment, and model
5. Use conversion factors in calculations
6. Distinguish between mass and weight, heat and temperature, and intensive and extensive
properties
7. Use numerical prefixes and common units of length, mass, volume, and temperature in unit-
conversion calculations
8. Understand scientific notation and the meaning of uncertainty; determine the number of
significant figures and the number of digits after rounding
9. Distinguish between accuracy and precision and between Systematic and random error