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Vocab Unit 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Conversion Factors | Different units of a measurement that are equivalent |
| Scientific Notation | 10 raised to a power |
| Precision | Measure of how close a series of measurements are to one another |
| Accuracy | How close a measurement comes to the actual |
| Significant Figures | All the figures known to be precise in a measurement plus the estimated last digit |
| Mass | A measure of the amount of matter contained in or constituting a physical body |
| Weight | heaviness of a person or object. In physics, weight is a precise measurement based on the force that gravity exerts on a mass. |
| Volume | The amount of space occupied by a three-dimensional object or region of space |
| Density | The measurement of an objects mass per given volume |