Question |
Answer |
MEASUREMENT |
A WAY TO DESCRIBE THE WORLD WITH NUMBERS. |
ESTIMATION |
ROUGH MEASUREMENT OF AN OBJECT BY GUESSING. |
PRECISION |
HOW CAREFULLY YOU MAKE YOUR MEASUREMENT. |
ACCURACY |
COMPARES A MEASUREMENT TO THE REAL VALUE. |
SI |
INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF UNITS |
LENGTH |
DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO POINTS. |
METER |
SI UNIT OF LENGTH. |
VOLUME |
AMOUNT OF SPACE AN OBJECT OCCUPIES. |
MASS |
THE AMOUNT OF MATTER IN AN OBJECT. |
KILOGRAM |
SI UNIT OF MASS. |
WEIGHT |
MEASUREMENT OF FORCE. |
TEMPERATURE |
MEASUREMENT OF HOW HOT OR COLD SOMETHING IS. |
KELVIN |
SI UNIT OF TEMPERATURE. |
TIME |
THE INTERVAL BETWEEN TWO EVENTS. |
CUBIC METER |
SI UNIT OF VOLUME |
SECOND |
SI UNIT OF TIME |
RATE |
RATIO OF TWO MEASUREMENTS WITH DIFFERENT UNITS. |
TABLE |
DISPLAYS INFORMATION IN ROWS AND COLUMNS SO THAT IT IS EASIER TO READ AND UNDERSTAND. |
GRAPH |
USED TO COLLECT, ORGANIZE, AND SUMMARIZE DATA IN A VISUAL WAY. |
LINE GRAPH |
SHOWS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWO VARIABLES WHICH BOTH MUST BE NUMBERS. |
BAR GRAPH |
USES BARS TO SHOW THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWO VARIABLES, ONE MUST BE A NUMBER AND THE OTHER MAY BE A NUMBER OR CATEGORY. |
CIRCLE GRAPH |
SHOWS THE PART OF A WHOLE. |