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Term | Definition |
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accuracy | a measurement of the degree of closeness of measurements |
callibration | the action or process of calibrating an instrument or experimental readings |
gradated cylinder | a piece of lab equipment used to judge the volume of a liquid |
International System of Measurement | the metric units |
liquid | has a definite volume but no definite shape. Takes the shape of whatever it is put in. |
mass | the measure of how much matter in an object |
matter | anything that has mass and takes up space |
meniscus | the curved upper surface of a liquid in a tube |
Newton- a unit of measurement | the unit of measurement that is equal to the amount of force needed to accelerate a mass of one meter per second |
precision | the degree to which several measurements provide answers very close to each other |
triple beam balance | a balance that is balanced on a fulcrum. On one side is the pan, In the middle is the three beams, and on the end is the 0 measure |
unit | one of a number of things. A unit of measurement |
volume | the amount of space an object takes up |
weight | the amount of gravity pushing down on an object |