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Question | Answer |
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What is ACCURACY? | being near the true value. |
What is BALANCE? | equipment used to measure mass. |
What is CALIBRATE? | mark off lines measure equipment for the desired unit. |
What is CENTIMETER CUBED? | 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 GRAM? | an SI unit to measure mass; 1g = 0.001kg; there are 1000g in 1 kilogram |
what is 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 liquids |
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 |
What is MILLILITER? | an SI unit to measure volume of liquids; 0.001 of a liter; there are 1000 mL in 1 Liter. |
What is PHASES OF MATTER? | solids, liquids, gases, and plasma; also called states of matter |
What is PHYSICAL PROPERTIES? | a characteristic of a pure substance that can be observed without changing it into another substance |
What is PLASMA? | a state of matter consisting of ionized (electrically charged) particles |
What is PRECISION? | the amount of detail or refinement in measurement |
What is SOLID? | a state of matter having definite volume, definite shape, with particles vibrating, touching and locked into place |
What is STATES OF MATTER? | solids, liquids, gases, and plasma; also called phases of matter |
What is UNIT? | a single, undivided whole; a quantity chosen as a standard for measurement |
What is VOLUME? | the amount of space an object takes up or the amount of space a container holds |
What is WEIGHT? | the measure of the pull of gravity on an object; measured with a scale. |