Chemistry - Matter and Measurements Flashcards by Ray Swiderski | Brainscape

Q

Anything that has mass and volume

A

Matter

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Amount of material in an object

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Mass

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Force of gravity acting on an object

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Weight

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Amount of space matter occupies

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Volume

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Measurement made with no numbers

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Qualitative

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Combination of one more base units

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Drived units

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Measurement with numbers

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Quantitative

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Short way of expressing numbers

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Scientific notation

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Smallest increments on instrument

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Calibration

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Q

One place past calibration

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Limitation

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How close repeated measurements are

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Precision

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Q

Weight of reporting how accurately a measurement is made

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Significant digits

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How close to an accepted value a measurement is

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Accuracy

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