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Glung Chapter2
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7th Grade
10/01/2018

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Term
metric system
Definition
a system of measurements based on the number 10
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SI
Definition
International system of units
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Mass
Definition
A measure of the amount of matter an object contains
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Weight
Definition
a measure of the force of gravity acting on an object
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Volume
Definition
is the amount of space an object takes up
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Meniscus
Definition
Bottom of curved water in the graduated cylinder
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Density
Definition
is a measure of how much mass is contained in a given volume
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Estimate
Definition
an approximation of a number based on reasonable assumptions
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Accuracy
Definition
Refers to how close a measurement is to the true or accepted value
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Precision
Definition
Refers to how close a group of measurements are to each other
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Significant
Definition
To refer to the digits in a measurement
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Percent error
Definition
Percent errors calculations are used to determine how accurate or close to the true value an experimental value really is
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mean
Definition
the mean or the numerical average is calculated by adding up all of the numbers the divided by the total number of items on the list.
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median
Definition
the middle number in a set of data
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Mode
Definition
the number that appears most on the list
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