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The process and skill of finding the dimension of physical quantity. |
Measurement |
in order to determine the length of an object, you need to ______ it. |
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Used as a standard of measurement. |
Unit |
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Makes calculations easy because it uses decimal or base-10 system. |
Metric System |
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The changing of unit into another unit of the same physical quantity. |
Conversion |
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A shorthand for writing very large or very small numbers. |
Scientific Notation |
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A number in scientific notation has three parts: |
Coefficient Base Exponent |
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If the understood decimal point is move to the left? |
The exponent is positive. |
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If the decimal point is move to the right? |
The exponent will be negative. |
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