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Term | Definition |
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Accuracy | The condition or quality of being true, correct, or exact |
Calibration | To determine, check, or rectify the graduation of any instrument giving quantitative measurements |
Graduated Cylinder | A narrow, cylindrical container marked with horizontal lines to represent units of measurement and used to precisely measure the volume of liquids |
International System of Measurement | The system of units used by scientists to measure matter |
Liquid | A state of matter having definite volume, indefinite shape, with particles touching, and sliding around each other |
Mass | The amount of matter in a substance |
Matter | Anything that has mass and takes up space |
Meniscus | The convex or concave upper surface of a column of liquid, the curvature of which is caused by surface tension. |
Newton- a unit of measurement | One newton is the force required to cause a mass of one kilogram to accelerate at a rate one meter per second squared in the absence of another force producing effect |
Precision | The state or quality of being precise. |
Triple Beam Balance | Tool used in all sorts of environments, including classrooms, scientific laboratories, outer space, food stores and anywhere else where the mass of something must be measured. |
Unit | A single thing or person |
Volume | Amount of space an object takes up |
Weight | A measure of the force of gravity on an object |