3.1-3.2 Vocab Chem

The measure of how close a series of measurements are to one another

• precision
• accuracy
• error
• experimental value

The measure of how close a measurement comes to the actual value

• accuracy
• precision
• measurement
• accepted value

The digits in a measurement that are known, plus one that is estimated

• accepted value
• experimental value
• significant figures
• scientific notation

A value determined in the laboratory

• experimental value
• accepted value
• percent error
• accuracy

What do we call a quantity that has both a number and a unit?

• measurement
• accepted value
• experimental value
• percent error

What is a method of expressing numbers a a product of a coefficient and a power of 10?

• scientific notation
• significant figures
• accuracy
• precision

What do we call the quantity of heat that raises the temperature of 1 g of pure water by 1^oC?

• calorie
• joule
• energy
• Celsius scale

What do we call the capacity to do work or produce heat?

• energy
• Kelvin scale
• Celsius scale
• temperature

What is the SI unit of energy?

• joule
• calorie
• Kelvin scale
• Celsius scale

Which of the following is a non-SI unit of volume?

• liter
• meter
• cubic meter
• gram