Vocabulary
SI units
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Measurement Terms
100
Describes the world using numbers
What is measurement?
100
Length-the distance between 2 points
What is a meter?
100
Used to collect, organize, and summarize data visually
What is a graph?
100
Measures hot and cold of an item
What is temperature?
200
Approximated measurement based on previous experience
What is estimation?
200
Mass-amount of matter in an object
What is kilogram?
200
Used to display information in rows and columns for easier comprehension
What is a table?
200
Measures distance between 2 points
What is length?
300
The International System of units, based on multiples of 10
What is SI?
300
Amount of change of one measurement in a given amount of time
What is rate?
300
Shows relationship between 2 variables, which must be NUMBERS
What is a line graph?
300
Measures space an object occupies
What is volume?
400
A description of how close measurements are to each other
What is precision?
400
Time-interval between 2 events
What is a second?
400
Uses bars of different sizes to show relationships between variables
What is a bar graph?
400
Measures force of gravity on an object
What is weight?
500
Comparison of measurement to actual value
What is accuracy?
500
Temperature-measure of kinetic energy in matter
What is kelvin?
500
Shows parts of a whole as percentages
What is a circle graph?
500
Measures amount of matter in an object
What is mass?
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