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Measurement unit
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Meter | A unit of length normally from a door handle down |
| Kilometer | A unit of length equal to 1000 meters or 11 football fields |
| Centimeter | A unit of length equal to a small pea or nail width |
| Millimeter | A unit of length equal to the thickness of a finger nail or tracing paper |
| Gram | A unit equal to the weight of a cigarette or dollar |
| Kilogram | A unit of mass that is equal to a small pumpkin or a pineapple |
| Accuracy | Being very close to the right thing or the simply the right answer |
| Precision | Being exact or very close to exact |
| Mass | Weight |
| Volume | Space a item takes up or occupies |
| Density | A substance compacted |
| Independent variable | Manipulatable variable |
| Dependent variable | Changing |
| Control variable | Doesn't change |