Measurement and Scientific Concepts

An expression of numbers in the form m x 10ⁿ, where m is equal to or greater than 1 and less than 10, and n is an integer.

The closeness of a measurement to the true value of what is being measured.

<p>Describes the closeness or reproducibility of a set of measurements taken under the same conditions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A quantity used by general agreement of the scientific community.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A quantitative value measured during an experiment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The difference between the accepted value and the experimental value.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The percent that a measured value differs from the accepted value.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>All the digits that can be known precisely in a measurement, plus a last estimated digit.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The revised version of the metric system, adopted by international agreement in 1960.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The base unit of length in SI.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The common unprefixed unit of volume in the metric system.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The mass of 1 L of water at 4°C; it is the base unit of mass in SI.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A force that measures the pull of gravity on a given mass.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A measure of the average kinetic energy of particles in matter; it determines the direction of heat transfer.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The temperature scale on which the freezing point of water is 0°C and the boiling point is 100°C.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The zero point on the Kelvin temperature scale, equivalent to -273.15°C.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The capacity for doing work or producing heat.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The SI unit of energy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The quantity of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 g of pure water 1°C.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A metric mass unit equal to the mass of 1 cm³ of water at 4°C.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The temperature scale in which the freezing point of water is 273 K and the boiling point is 373 K; 0 K is absolute zero.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A ratio of equivalent measurements used to convert a quantity from one unit to another.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A technique of problem-solving that uses the units that are part of a measurement to help solve the problem.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The ratio of the mass of an object to its volume.</p> Signup and view all the answers