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properties part A
Question | Answer |
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What is accuracy | the quality of being near the true value |
What is balance | equipment used to measure mass |
What is calibrate | to mark off lines on measuring equipment for the desired unit |
What is centimeter cubed | cm3; a unit of volume derived from length times width times height |
What is compress | to squeeze or press together |
What is gas | a state of matter having indefinite volume, indefinite shape, with particles bouncing around and not touching each other |
What is a graduated cylinder | equipment use to measure liquid volume |
What is a gram | an SI unit to measure mass; 1g = 0.001kg; there are 1000g in 1 kilogram |
What is a kilogram | the SI base unit to measure mass; 1 kg = 1000g |
What is kinetic theory | a physics theory that all matter is made of moving particles in random motion |
What is liquid | a state of matter having definite volume, indefinite shape, with particles touching, and sliding around each other |
What is liter | the SI unit to measure volume of liquid |
What is mass | the amount of matter (atoms) in a substance; measured in grams and kilograms |
What is matter | anything that has mass and volume (takes up space) |
What is meniscus | the curve on the upper surface of a liquid in a container caused by surface tension |