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Measurement
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Qualitative | -Use description experiences -collect data in words, images |
| Quantitative-real science | -Collect data in numbers -Very exact |
| SI | -International system of measurement -based on units of 10 |
| Length | -Base Unit-meter (m) |
| Mass | -Base Unit is gram (g) -Amount of matter an object contains -related to weight |
| Gravity | What gives mass weight |
| Volume | -Amount of space that something occupies -Base Unit --cm3--solid --Liter-L-liquid |
| Volume Fact | Objects can have the same volume but have different amounts of mass |
| Volume Equation | length x width x height L x W x H |
| Meniscus | -curve bottom of liquid in graduated cylinder -caused by water molecules sticking to sides of cylinder |
| Length: | Tool: -metric ruler Unit: -Meter |
| Mass: | Tool: -Balance Unit: -Gram |
| Temp: | Tool: -Thermometer Unit: -Kelvin |
| Volume | Tool: -Graduated Cylinder Unit: -Cubic Centimeter or Liter |
| Time | Tool: -Stopwatch Unit: -Seconds |