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Science Vocab Words
Term | Definition |
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Mass | The measure of the amount of matter in an object. |
Temperature | A measure of how hot or cold something is. |
International System of Units SI Systeme International d'Unites(French) | The metric system; used by all scientists and almost every country in the world. -units are based on the number 10,which makes conversions from one unit to another easier |
Meter | the basic unit in the metric system for measuring length. |
Liter | The basic unit in the metric system for measuring the volume of liquids |
Gram | The basic unit in the metric system for measuring the amount of matter in an object. |
Technology | the practical use of scientific information:the use of tools, machines, materials, and processes to meet human needs |
Compound Light Microscope | an instrument that magnifies small objects of so that they can be seen easily by two or more lenses; items are placed on the stage so light passes through them |
Electron Microscope | microscopes that focus a beam of electrons to magnify objects; TEM and SEM |
Area | the measure of the size of a surface; A=1 x W and the answer is always written in square units |
Volume | the measure of the size of a three dimensional space; V=L x W x H and is written in units cubed |