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17 Cards in this Set
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Metric System |
A system of measurement based on the number 10. |
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SI- International System of Units |
A system of units used by scientists to measure the properties of matter. |
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Mass |
A measurement of how much matter is in an object. |
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Weight |
A measure of the force of gravity acting on an object. |
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Volume |
The amount of space that matter occupies. |
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Meniscus |
The curved upper surface of a liquid in a column of liquid. |
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Density |
The measurement of how much mass of a substance is contained in a given volume. |
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Estimate |
An approximation of a number based on reasonable assumptions. |
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Accuracy |
How close a measurement is to the true or accepted value. |
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Precision |
How close a group of measurement are to each other. |
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Significant Figures |
All the digits in a measurement that have been measured exactly, plus one digit whose value has been estimated |
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Percent Error |
A calculation used to determine how accurate, or close to the true value, an experiment value really is. |
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Mean |
The numerical average of a set of data. |
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Median |
The middle number in a set of data. |
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Mode |
The number that appears the most often in a list of numbers. |
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Range |
The difference between the greatest value and the least value in a set of data |
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Anomalous Data |
Data that do not fit with the rest of a data set. |
