1.4 Study guide Flashcards
What is the definition of meters?
distance between 2 points
What is the definition of mass?
amount of matter in an object
What is the definition of volume?
amount of space an object takes up
what is the definition of Temperature?
degree of hotness/kinetic energy
what is the definition of precision?
how close a series of measurements are
what is the definition of accuracy?
how close a measurement comes to its true value
what is the unit for mass?
grams
what is the unit for volume?
liters
what is the unit for length?
meters
how do you find the median?
number in the middle when placed in numerical order
how do you find the range?
subtract the lowest number from the highest number
how do you find the average?
add all the numbers together and then divide by how many numbers there are
how do you record measurements pertaining to the device?
by going one digit further to the right on the measurement
if your mass was 70 kg on the moon what would it be on the moon?
70 kg
above zero degrees the actual number of degrees Celsius for any given temperature is blank the number of degrees Fahrenheit
lower than