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Measurement Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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gram | the basic unit of mass measurement |
measure | to figure the exact dimensions or capacity of something |
mass | a measure of quantity how much something contains |
meter | the basic unit of length |
length | a measure of distance, how long or wide something is |
cubic meter | a basic unit of solid volume |
temperature | a measure of hotness or coldness |
liter | basic unit of liquid volume |
degrees celsius | the basic unit of temperature measurement |
volume | a measure of how much space an object takes up |
International system of units | name given to the standard system of measurement by scientists around the world |
Kilo | prefix means 1000 |
hecto | prefix means 100 |
deka | prefix means 10 |
median | the middle number in a data set that is arranged in numerical order |
mean | the sum of the data set divided by the number of data entries |
outlier | a piece of data that does not seem to belong |
mode | the value that appears the most in a data set |
range | the span of the data set- not a measure of central tendency |
data | information scientists record during an experiment |