The Mole Concept
What is a mole? (not the animal)
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What is a mole? (not the animal)
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How many trunks are found in one dozen elephants?
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How many legs are found in one dozen elephants?
Write a number and a unit.
How many trunks are found in one score of elephants?
Write a number and a unit.
How many legs are found in one myriad elephants?
Write a number and a unit.
Don't use commas - they can be confused for decimal points in science.
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How many trunks are found in one mole of elephants?
Tip - your conversion factor is Avogadro's number. Multiply it by the number of trunks are in one elephant.
For reporting scientific notations in your answer, use a carrot prior to the exponent to denote it (Example: 1.11 x 103 would be reported as 1.11 x 10^3).
How many carbon atoms are found in one dozen methane molecules?
How many hydrogen atoms are found in one myriad methane molecules?
How many elephants are there in one mole of elephants?
How many legs are found in one mole of elephants?
How many trunks are found in 12 moles of elephants?
Tip - Round to the nearest thousandth position in your answer.
How many carbon atoms are found in one mole of methane molecules?
How many hydrogen atoms are found in one mole of methane molecules?
Tip - Round to the nearest thousandth position in your answer.
How many methane molecules are there in one mole of methane?
