Uncertainty In Measurement
International System of Units.
Prefixes and abbreviations
Units of Temperature
Density
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A value found by using the formula of the experimental value minus the accepted value.
What is error?
100
The International systems unit used to measure the amount of matter an object contains
What is mass?
100
This is the prefix used in the metric system meaning one thousand.
What is kilo?
100
A measure of how hot or cold an object is.
What is temperature?
100
The ratio of the mass of an object to its volume.
What is density?
200
A measurement of how close a measurement comes to the actual value of what is being measured.
What is accuracy?
200
This is the systems basic unit of length.
What is the meter?
200
The prefix used by the metric system meaning ten.
What is deci-?
200
This scale sets the freezing point of water at 0° and boiling point at 100°
What is the Celsius scale?
200
The formula for density.
What is mass/volume?
300
The number a coefficient is raised to, also referred to as a power.
What is an exponent?
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This is the systems main unit of volume.
What is the liter?
300
This is the prefix meaning one thousandth of the base unit being measured.
What is milli-?
300
The degree sign is not used on this scale for temperature.
What is the Kelvin scale?
300
The unit density is measured in.
What is grams per cubic centimeter (g/cm³)?
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When a given number is written as the product of two numbers, the first a coefficient and the second ten raised to a power.
What is scientific notation?
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One of two units of temperature used by scientists on the International system of Units, the other being Celsius.
What is the kelvin scale?
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The abreviation for the International System of Units.
What is SI
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The zero point on the Kelvin scale or 0 K.
What is absolute zero?
400
Density depends on the ______ of a substance not the size.
What is composition?
500
A measure of how close a series of measurements are to eachother.
What is precision?
500
This is the International system of units measurement unit of energy.
What is the joule?
500
This is the abbreviation for the unit measurement of Luminous intensity.
What is cd?
500
The number subtracted when converting from K to °C
What is 273?
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The density of a substance generally _______ as its temperature _______.
What is decreases, increases?
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