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chapter 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| metric system | A system of measurement based on the number 10 |
| SI/ international system of units | 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 true accepted value |
| precision | how close a group of measurements are to each other |
| significant figures | all the digits in a measurement that have been measured exactly, plus one digit 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 the most often in a set of numbers |
| range | the difference between the greatest value and the least value |
| 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 graph in which the data points yield a straight line |
| nonlinear graph | a line graph in which the data points do not fall in a straight line |