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17 Cards in this Set
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A way to describe the world with numbers.
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Measurement
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Helps you make a rough measurement of an object. A method of making an educated guess at a meanurement; using the size of something familiar to guess the size of a new object.
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Estimation
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Describes how closely measurements are to each other and how carefully measurements were made.
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Precision
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Compares measurement to the real, accurate, accepted or true value.
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Accuracy
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The international system of units, related by multiples of ten, designed to provide a worldwide standard of physical measurement.
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SI
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The SI (international unit of measurement) unit for length.
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Meter
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(m3) The amount of space an object occupies measured in cubic meters.
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Volume
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The amount of matter in an object, which is measured in kilograms.
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Mass
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The SI unit for mass.
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Kilogram
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A measurement of force that depends on gravity. It is measured in newtons.
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Weight
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The SI unit for temperature.
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Kelvin
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a ratio of two different kinds of measurements; the amount of change of one measurement in a given amount of time.
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Rate
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Presents information in rows and columns, making it easier to read and understand.
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Table
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Used to collect, organize, amd summarize data in a visual way, making it easy to use and understand.
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Chart
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A type of graph used to show the relationship between two variables that are numbers on an x-axis and a y-axis.
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Line Graph
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A type of graph that uses rectangular blocks or bars of varying sizes to show the relationship among variables.
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Bar Graph
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A type of graph that shows partsof a whole; sometimes called a pie graph, each piece of which represents a percentage of the total.
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Circle Graph
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