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Measurement & Change
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Observation | the perception of some aspect of the environment by one or more human senses |
| Inference | an interpretation of an observation |
| Measurement | provides a numerical value for an aspect of an object or event being observed |
| Mass | the amount of matter in an object |
| Volume | amount of space that an object occupies |
| Density | ratio of mass to volume; concentration of matter in an object |
| Rate of Change | how much a measurable aspect of the environment, called a field, is altered over a given time |
| Cyclic/Variable | as the x-axis increases, the y-axis varies or changes by increasing and decreasing |
| Static | no change in the y-axis when the x-axis increases |
| Direct | as the x-axis increases, the y-axis increases |
| Inverse | as the x-axis increases, the y-axis decreases |
| %Deviation/Error | when the amount of error is expressed as a percentage |