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1
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What is the metric system?

A

The metric system is a system of measurement used in many places throughout the world

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What is the difference between quantitative and qualitative data?

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Quantitative has to do with measurements while qualitative has to do with characteristics and non numerical data.

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3
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what is the metric system measurement for length and what does it measure?

A

meter (distance)

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4
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what is the metric system measurement for mass and what does it measure?

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gram (matter)

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5
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what is the metric system measurement for volume and what does it measure?

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liters (space)

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6
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what is the metric system measurement for time?

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seconds

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7
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what is the metric system measurement for temperature and what does it measure?

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kelvin (degree of how hot/cold something is)

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8
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what does pico mean?

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0.000000000001 (10⁻¹²)

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8
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what does nano mean?

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0.00000001 (10⁻⁹)

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9
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what does micro mean?

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0.000001(10⁻⁶)

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10
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What does milli mean?

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0.001 (10⁻³)

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11
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what does centi mean?

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0.01 (10⁻²)

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12
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what does kilo mean?

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1000(10³)

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13
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What is the formula for converting Celsius to Fahrenheit?

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F=(C) (9/5) +32

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14
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What is the formula for converting Fahrenheit to Celsius?

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C=(F-32)(5/9)

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15
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What is Standard Deviation?

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Standard deviation is a measure used to quantify the amount of variation in a set of data

16
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What is the median?

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The middle number in a data set

17
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What is the difference between mass and volume?

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Mass is the amount of matter while volume is how much space something takes up.

18
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What is on the y-axis of a graph?

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the dependent variable

19
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What is on the x-axis of a graph?

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the independent variable

20
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what does the dependent variable show?

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The factor that is measure and will change as a result of the independent variable

21
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what does the independent variable show?

A

The factor you are changing in the experiment

22
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What type of graph does a change in one variable not affect the other (straight line)

A

Constant Relationship

23
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What is the difference between a direct and indirect relationship graph?

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In a direct relationship, the variable increase together (steady incline) . In an indirect relationship, 1 variable increases and the other decreases (steady decline) .

24
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Convert 2.45 cm to mm

A

24.5 mm (10⁻² to 10⁻³)

25
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Convert 0.547 mm to nm

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547, 000 (10⁻³ to 10⁻⁹)