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6 Sci Measurement
6th Grade Science Measurement Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| MEASUREMENT | A WAY TO DESCRIBE THE WORLD WITH NUMBERS. |
| ESTIMATION | ROUGH MEASUREMENT OF AN OBJECT BY GUESSING. |
| PRECISION | HOW CAREFULLY YOU MAKE YOUR MEASUREMENT. |
| ACCURACY | COMPARES A MEASUREMENT TO THE REAL VALUE. |
| SI | INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF UNITS |
| LENGTH | DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO POINTS. |
| METER | SI UNIT OF LENGTH. |
| VOLUME | AMOUNT OF SPACE AN OBJECT OCCUPIES. |
| MASS | THE AMOUNT OF MATTER IN AN OBJECT. |
| KILOGRAM | SI UNIT OF MASS. |
| WEIGHT | MEASUREMENT OF FORCE. |
| TEMPERATURE | MEASUREMENT OF HOW HOT OR COLD SOMETHING IS. |
| KELVIN | SI UNIT OF TEMPERATURE. |
| TIME | THE INTERVAL BETWEEN TWO EVENTS. |
| CUBIC METER | SI UNIT OF VOLUME |
| SECOND | SI UNIT OF TIME |
| RATE | RATIO OF TWO MEASUREMENTS WITH DIFFERENT UNITS. |
| TABLE | DISPLAYS INFORMATION IN ROWS AND COLUMNS SO THAT IT IS EASIER TO READ AND UNDERSTAND. |
| GRAPH | USED TO COLLECT, ORGANIZE, AND SUMMARIZE DATA IN A VISUAL WAY. |
| LINE GRAPH | SHOWS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWO VARIABLES WHICH BOTH MUST BE NUMBERS. |
| BAR GRAPH | USES BARS TO SHOW THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWO VARIABLES, ONE MUST BE A NUMBER AND THE OTHER MAY BE A NUMBER OR CATEGORY. |
| CIRCLE GRAPH | SHOWS THE PART OF A WHOLE. |