Scientific Measurement Practice

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It is a measure of how close measurements come to each other when they are made in the same way

• Accuracy
• Precision
• Error
• Extrapolation

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How close a measurement is to the accepted value is called..

• Accuracy

• Precision

• Significant

• Estimate

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What is the abbreviation for grams?

• g
• gr
• G
• Gr

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What is mass?

• the distance between two points
• the amount of matter (stuff) in an object
• the amount of space an object takes up
• the distance between three points

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What unit would you use to measure the length of the distance from Box Elder, SD to Orlando, FL?

• meters
• centimeters
• kilometers
• millimeters

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This bullseye demonstrates...

• High Accuracy & High Precision
• High Accuracy & Low Precision
• Low Accuracy & High Precision
• Low Accuracy & Low Precision

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• High Accuracy & High Precision
• High Accuracy & Low Precision
• Low Accuracy & High Precision
• Low Accuracy & Low Precision

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 Convert 3 mm to cm

• 3 mm
• 0.3 mm
• 0.03 mm
• 30 mm

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Convert 15 m to cm

• 0.15 cm
• 1.5 cm
• 150 cm
• 1,500 cm

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5 km = ______m

• 5 m
• 50 m
• 500 m
• 5000 m