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Earth ch 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| measurement | a way to observe the world by numbers |
| estimation | a rough measurement of an object |
| precision | a description of how close a measurements are to each other |
| accuracy | comparing a measurement to the real, accepted value you are describing |
| SI | international system of measurement |
| meter | SI measurement of length |
| volume | amont of space in an object(cubic) |
| mass | amount of matter in an object |
| kilogram | the SI unit for mass |
| weight | a measurement of force |
| kelvin | SI measurement of temperature |
| Rate | the amount of change of a measurement given an amount of time |
| table | displays information in rows and columns |
| graph | used to collect,organize, and summarize data in a visual way |
| line graph | shows the relationship between 2 variable |
| bar graph | uses rectangles blocks , of varying sizes to show the relations among variables |
| circle graph | shows part of the whole. Also called a pie graph |