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chapter 2 vocab

  1. MEASUREMENT
    A WAY TO DESCRIBE THE WORLD WITH NUMBERS.
  2. ESTIMATION
    HELPS YOU MAKE A ROUGH MEASUREMENT OF AN OBJECT.
  3. PERCESION
    A DESCRIPTION OF HOW CLOSE MEASURMENTS ARE TO EACH OTHER.
  4. ACCURACY
    COMPARES A MEASUREMENT TO THE TRUE VALUE.
  5. SI
    SYSTEM INTERNATIONAL OF UNITS.
  6. METER
    THE SI UNIT OF LENGTH.
  7. VOLUME
    THE AMOUNT OF SPACE AN OBJECT OCCUPIES.
  8. MASS
    AMOUNT OF MATTER IN AN OBJECT.
  9. KILOGRAM
    THE SI UNIT FOR MASS.
  10. WEIGHT
    A MEASUREMENT OF FORCE.
  11. KELVIN
    A SCALE THAT MEASURES TEMP.
  12. RATE
    THE AMOUNT OF CHANGE IN 1 MEASUREMENT IN A GIVEN AMOUNT OF TIME.
  13. TABLE
    DISPALYS INFO IN ROWS OR/AND COLUMNS SO THAT IT IS EASIER TO READ AND UNDERSTAND.
  14. GRAPH
    USED TO COLLECT, ORGANIZE, AND SUMMERIZE DATA IN A VISUAL WAY.
  15. LINE GRAPH
    SHOWS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN 2 VARIABLES.
  16. BAR GRAPH
    USES BARS OF VARYING SIZES TO SHOW THE REALTIONSHIP AMONG VARIABLES.
  17. CIRCLE GRAPH
    SHOWS THE PARTS OF A WHOLE.
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