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Chp 1 Sec 3
Section 3 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| scientific notation | a way of expressing a value as the product of a number between 1 and 10 and a power of 10 |
| length | the straight-line distance between two points |
| mass | the amount of matter in an object; a measure of the inertia of an object, which depends on the amount of matter the object contains |
| volume | the amount of space taken up by an object |
| density | the ratio of a material's mass to it's volume |
| conversion factor | a ratio of equivalent measurements that is used to convert a quantity from one unit to another |
| precision | a gauge of how exact a measurement is |
| significant figures | all the digits in a measurment that are directly measured, plus the the last digit, which is estimated |
| accuracy | the closeness of a measurement to the true value of what is measured |
| thermometer | an instrument that measures temperature |