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chapter 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| metric system | a system of measurements based on the number |
| si/ international system of units | a system of units used by scientist 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 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 measurements of how much mass of a substance is contained in a given volume |
| estimate | an approximation of a number of a number based on reasonable assumptions |
| accuracy | |
| precision | |
| significant figures | |
| percent error | |
| 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 | |
| anomalous data | |
| graph | |
| nonlinear graph | |
| liner graph |