Mod 2 Lesson 1 Flashcards
Base units
standard units of measurement in the metric system
Celsius
the temperature scale used worldwide in science and medicine
Density
physical property that relates the mass of an object to its volume
Derived unit
an SI unit obtained by combining one or more SI base units
Fahrenheit
the temperature scale commonly used in the United States
Kelvin
the unit of temperature on the kelvin scale
Mass
the measure of the amount of matter in an object
Metric prefixes
an abbreviation prior to the base unit that acts as a multiplier to change the value by some factor of 10
Metric system
a system of measurement widely used in science that is based on a set of base units
Physical quantity
a physical property that can be measured
SI units
a system of measurement developed to establish a uniform set of units based on the metric system
Specific gravity
a unitless measurement defined as the density of a substance divided by the density of water
Temperature
a measure of hotness or coldness of an object
Unit
the part of a measurement that indicates the type of quantity measured
Volume
the measure of the amount of space an object occupies
