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Measurement Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| gram | the basic unit of mass measurement |
| measure | to figure the exact dimensions or capacity of something |
| mass | a measure of quantity how much something contains |
| meter | the basic unit of length |
| length | a measure of distance, how long or wide something is |
| cubic meter | a basic unit of solid volume |
| temperature | a measure of hotness or coldness |
| liter | basic unit of liquid volume |
| degrees celsius | the basic unit of temperature measurement |
| volume | a measure of how much space an object takes up |
| International system of units | name given to the standard system of measurement by scientists around the world |
| Kilo | prefix means 1000 |
| hecto | prefix means 100 |
| deka | prefix means 10 |
| median | the middle number in a data set that is arranged in numerical order |
| mean | the sum of the data set divided by the number of data entries |
| outlier | a piece of data that does not seem to belong |
| mode | the value that appears the most in a data set |
| range | the span of the data set- not a measure of central tendency |
| data | information scientists record during an experiment |