Metric
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Significant Figures
Scientific Notation
Vocabulary Terms
100
1000 grams
What is the number of grams in a kilogram?
100
3.24 - 1.1
What is 3.1?
100
2300. cm
What is four?
100
3.5 x 10^-3
What is 0.0035?
100
Data points that cluster around the same value.
What is precision?
200
60 seconds
What is the number of seconds in a minute?
200
4.2 x 301
What is 1300?
200
3.2 x 10^2 g
What is two?
200
3409
What is 3.409 x 10^3
200
Data points that are the same or very close to an accepted value for that item, such as a density for a metal.
What is accuracy?
300
10 millimeters
What is the number of millimeters in a centimeter?
300
4.56 + 26.2
What is 30.8?
300
402.0 L
What is four?
300
0.00340
What is 3.40 x 10^-3
300
A relationship such as 1 meter = 1000 millimeters, often written as a fraction.
What is a conversion factor?
400
1 liter
What is the number of liters equalling 1000 milliliters?
400
2.2 x 10^3 / 4.5 x 10^2
What is 4.9?
400
2.2300 ft.
What is five?
400
4.52 x 10^3
What is 4520?
400
A comparison of the data collected in a lab to the accepted 'correct' value.
What is percent error?
500
36 inches
What is the number of inches in a yard?
500
2.3 x 10^-2 + 4.6
What is 4.6?
500
0.0030 kg
What is two?
500
0.562
What is 5.62 x 10^-1
500
The metric values that are accepted by the international scientific community for each type of measurement.
What is SI units?
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