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Connor Chin Chapter 2
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7th Grade
10/01/2018

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Term
Metric System
Definition
A system of measurement based on the number 10
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S1
Definition
S1 is a version of the metric system called the International System of Units. Abbreviated as S1
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Mass
Definition
Mass is a measure of the amount of matter that an object contains
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Weight
Definition
Is a measure of the force of gravity acting on an object
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Volume
Definition
The amount of space an object takes up
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Meniscus
Definition
Bottom of curved water in a Graduated Cylinder
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Density
Definition
A measure of how much mass is contained in a given volume
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EstimateĀ 
Definition
Is an approximation of a number of a number based on reasonable assumptions
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Accuracy
Definition
Refers to how close a measurement is to a true accepted value
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PrecisionĀ 
Definition
How close a group of measurements are to each other
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Significant Figures
Definition
Refer to digits in measurement
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Percent ErrorĀ 
Definition
to determine how accurate or close a percent is to the true value
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Mean
Definition
Calculated by adding all of the numbers together and dividing by the amount of numbers
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Median
Definition
The middle number to a set of data.
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Mode
Definition
Number that occurs the most in a list of numbers
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