Alexis Hall Measurement Test
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| What is a measurement? | Something that describes the world using numbers
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| What are the types of measurements? | Distance, time, speed, volume, mass
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| Distance, time, speed, volume, and mass describe what? | Measurements
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| What is an approximated measurement based on pervious experience is what? | estimation
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| Estimations are useful when? | When actual measurement is not easily made.
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| What can estimation help you check? | To see if the answer is reasonable
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| When you estimate, what do you do? | Use the word about
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| What is precision? | It is a description of how close measurements are to each other.
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| What is a description of how close measurements are to each other? | precision
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| What is used to discuss number of decimal places a measurement device can measure | precision
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| Why are degree of precision more precise today? | It is because today's technology has made measuring devices are more precise.
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| What is accuracy? | It is a comparison of measurement to actual value.
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| What do you call a comparison of measurement to actual value. | Accuracy
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| Why are accuracy and precision important? | It is a comparison of measurement to actual values
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| Measurements can be rounded when | when precision is NOT needed.
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| When precision is NOT needed in measurements, what are you allowed to do? | You can round them off
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| What are significant digits? | They reflect true precession of a calculation
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| What does a true precession of a calculation reflect? | significant digits
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| Multiplication and division-measurements with the fewest digits determines the what? | number of the significant digits
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| Multiplication and division-measurements with the WHAT determines the number of the significant digits? | fewest digits
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| Addition and subtraction- significance is determined to the what? | place value of the LEAST precise measurement.
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| The place value of the LEAST precise measurement is found where? | Addition and subtraction
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| The international system of units is called what? | SI
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| Si units are in multiples of ten, provide a standard measurement for what? | Global science, business, and industry
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| Si units are in multiples of WHAT? | Ten
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| What units are in multiples of 10? | SI units
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| What is the distance between two points? | Length
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| Length is the what? | Distance between two points
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| SI units are in what? | meters
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| What would you use to measure a pencil? | Centimeters
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| How would you measure the distance between New York and Chicago? | Kilometeres
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| What is volume? | The amount of space of an object takes up
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| What is the volume of something using SI units? | mL or Cm3
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| mL or Cm3 can be used for what? | volume of something using SI units
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| How do you find the volume of something that has a regular shape? | Measure its length, width, and height and multiply.
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| How do you find the volume of something that has a regular shape? | L x W x H
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| What do you immersion for? | To find a volume of an irregular shape
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| To find a volume of an irregular shape what do you do? | Use immersion
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| What is the amount of matter in an object? | Mass
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| What is mass? | It is the amount of matter in an object
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| What SI unit do you use to measure mass? | kilograms
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| What is the measurement of force? | Gravity (weight)
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| What SI unit measures gravity? | Newton
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| A Newton is a measurement of what? | Gravity
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| What do you use to measure kinetic energy in particles of matter? | Temperature
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| Temperature can measure what? | kinetic energy in particles of matter
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| What SI unit is used to measure kinetic energy in particles of matter? | Kelvin
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| What is rate? | The amount of change of one measurement given
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| What is the amount of change of one measurement given? | Rate
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| What are tables? | They display information in rows and columns for easier comprehension.
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| What are used to display information in rows and columns for easier comprehension? | Tables
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| What is a graph? | It collects, organizes, and summarizes data visually
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| What is used to collect, organize, and summarize data visually | Graph
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| What is a line graph? | It shows the relationship between two variables
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| What shows the relationship between two variables? | Line graph
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| What is a bar graph? | It shows bars of different sizes to show relationships between variables.
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| What type of graph shows the whole percentage? | Circle
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| What is a circle graph? | It shows the whole percentage
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| What shows bars of different sizes to show relationships between variables. | Bar Graph
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| Scales on graphs must be carefully constructed and analyzed so users easily understand the information. What is that key? | K H D M D C M
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| K= | ˚C+273˚
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| ˚C = | K -273˚
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