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Measurement & Units
Revision of Measurement chapter
Question | Answer |
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What is mass? | The amount of matter in an object. |
What are the standard units of mass? | kilogrammes |
What is length? | The straight line distance between two points. |
What are the standard units of length? | metres |
What is temperature? | The measure of how hot or cold an object is. |
What are the standard units of temperature? | Degrees Celsius |
What is area? | The amount of flat surface. |
What are the standard units of area? | metres squared |
What is volume? | The amount of space occupied by an object. |
What are the standard units of volume? | metres cubed |
Name the error caused by not having your eye directly over the point of measurement. | Parallax Error |
Name the curved dark line on the surface of a liquid. | Meniscus |
Name the apparatus used to measure the length of a small curved line. | Opisometer |
Name the apparatus used to measure the length of a large curved line. | Trundle Wheel |
Name the apparatus used to measure small diameters. | Vernier Callipers or Micrometer (Screw Gauge) |