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| Describes how close the measurement comes to the true value. |
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| Depends on a measurements reproducibility. |
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| Basic unit of length in the metric system. |
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| Space occupied by matter. |
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| The Space taken up by a cube that is 10cm on each edge. |
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| The quantity that determines a objects mass. |
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| A measure of the pull of gravity on an object of given mass. |
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| The mass of one cubic centimeter of water at 4*C is one... |
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| The ratio of the mass of an object to its volume. |
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| The comparison of the density of a substance to the density of a reference substance. |
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| Typically used to measure specific gravity. |
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| Freezing point of water is 0 degrees. |
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| BOILING POINT OF WATER ON CELSIUS SCALE |
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| Another scale used in scientific work. |
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| To convert readings on the Celsius scale to e Kelvin Scale this number is added to the Celsius reading. |
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| WHAT DEPENDS THE ACCURRACY OF A MEASUREMENT? |
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| The quality of the measuring instrument. |
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| The true or correct value based on references. |
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| Determined by measurements made during an experiment. |
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| The difference between the accepted value and the experimental value. |
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| QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENTS |
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| Give results in a definite form, usually as numbers. |
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| ZEROS AT THE END OF A MEASUREMENT AND TO THE LEFT OF THE DECIMAL POINT ARE NOT SIGNIFICANT. |
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| SIG FIG'S INCLUDE ALL THE DIGITS THAT CAN BE KNOWN ACCURATELY PLUS A LAST DIGIT THAT MUST BE ESTIMATED. |
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| THE SI BASE UNIT OF MASS MEASUREMENT IS THE? |
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| 100 times smaller than a gram. |
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| Density can sometimes have units of ? |
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| Grams per cubic centimeter. |
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| FORMULA OF SPECIFIC GRAVITY |
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| Density of substance/Density of water(1)=SG |
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-Zeros at the end of a measurement are not significant.
-Zeros to the left of the decimal point are not significant.
-Zeros between two sigfigs are significant.
-Zeros to the right of the decimal point that are before sigfigs are not significant(i.e. .0037-2SF's). |
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| THE PAIR WITH MORE SIG FIG'S IS? |
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| FORMULA FOR ABSOLUTE VALUE |
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| AV-EV/AV x 100= %of error |
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| Why doesn't specific gravity have a unit? |
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| Round 7.013g to three sigfigs. |
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| Round off 0.003629mm to three sigfigs. |
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| What 3 things must measurements have to be valid? |
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| Process of determining a numeric value for a physical quantity. |
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| Reading the VERNIER CALIPER |
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-First Number
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-First bottom line(If it falls between two top lines it is the value of the first top line)
-From the first bottom line how many lines over is the aligned/slightly aligned line.
-If the like is perfect the last number is 0. If the line is slightly off the last number will be 5. |
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