measurement and calculations

Question 1

data described in terms of some quality or categorization that may be informal or may use ill-defined characteristics such as warmth and flavor

Answer 1

qualitative data

Question 2

data described in terms of quantity and in which numerical values are used.

Answer 2

quantitative data

Question 3

a property of matter equal to the measure of an object’s resistance to changes in either its speed or direction of its motion.

Answer 3

mass

Question 4

The ——of an object is not dependent on gravity and therefore is different from but proportional to its weight.

Answer 4

mass

Question 5

the amount of space occupied by a three-dimensional object or region of space

Answer 5

volume

Question 6

the measurement of the extent of something along its greatest dimension

Answer 6

length

Question 7

a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a sample of matter, expressed in terms of units or degrees designated on a standard scale

Answer 7

temperature

Question 8

a decimal system of units based on the meter as a unit length, the kilogram as a unit mass, and the second as a unit time.

Answer 8

metric system

Question 9

a method of writing or displaying numbers in terms of a decimal number between 1 and 10 multiplied by a power of 10.

Answer 9

scientific notation

Question 10

a technique that involves the study of dimensions of physical quantities

Answer 10

dimensional analysis

Question 11

All of the numbers in a measurement that are know to be accurate, plus one that is uncertain.

Answer 11

significant figures