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Chapter 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Metric System | A system of measurement based on the number 10 |
| SI | A system of units used by scientists to measure the properties of matter |
| Mass | A measure of how much matter is in an object |
| weight | A measure of the force of gravity acting on an object |
| Volume | The amount of space that matter occupies |
| meniscus | The curved upper surface of a liquid in a column of liquid |
| density | The measurement of how much mass of a substance is contained in a given volume |
| estimate | An approximation of a number based on reasonable assumptions |
| accuracy | How close a measurement is to the true or accepted value |
| precision | How close a group of measurement are to each other |
| significant figures | All the digits in a measurement that have been measured exact, plus one digits whose value has been estimated |
| percent error | A calculation used to determine how accurate, or close to the true value , an experimental value really is |
| mean | The numerical average of a set of data |
| median | The middle number in a set of data |
| mode | The number that appears most often in a list of numbers |
| range | The difference between the greatest value and the least value is a set of data |
| anomalous data | Data that do not fit with the rest of a data set |
| graph | A picture of information from a data table; shows the relationship between variables |
| linear graph | A line graph in witch the data points yield a straight line |
| nonlinear graph | A line graph in witch the data points do not fall along a straight line |