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Chem. 2 vocabulary
Chapter 2 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Weight | A measure of the gravitational pull on matter |
| Volume | The amount of space occupied by an object |
| Density | The ratio of mass to volume,or mass divided by volume |
| Accuracy | The closeness of measurements to the correct or accepted value of the quantity measured |
| Precision | The closeness of a set of measurements of the same quantity made in the same way |
| Percentage error | Calculated by substracting the accepted value from the experimental value |
| Significant figure | A measurement consist of all the digits known with certainty plus one final digit, which is somewhat uncertain or is estimated |
| Scientific notation | A method of expressing a quantity as a number multiplied by 10 to the appropriate power |