Unit 2, Measurement and Data Vocabulary Review

Model

• a short way of representing very large numbers or very small numbers

• a representation of an object or a process that allows scientists to study something in greater detail

• represents the physical structure of an object or system

• a representation of how parts of a system are related or organized

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-2

Accuracy

• exactness of a measurement

• a description that includes a number and a unit

• uses a model to copy the function, behavior, or process of the thing it represents

• a description of how close a measurement is to the true value of the quantity measured

Scientific Notation

• uses different forms of data to represent the way a system or process works

• represents the physical structure of an object or system

• a short way of representing very large numbers or very small numbers

• a description that includes a number and a unit

Mathematical Model

• uses a model to copy the function, behavior, or process of the thing it represents

• a short way of representing very large numbers or very small numbers

• uses different forms of data to represent the way a system or process works

• exactness of a measurement

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Simulation

• uses a model to copy the function, behavior, or process of the thing it represents

• a description of how close a measurement is to the true value of the quantity measured

• a representation of how parts of a system are related or organized

• a representation of an object or a process that allows scientists to study something in greater detail

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

Physical Model

• a description that includes a number and a unit

• represents the physical structure of an object or system

• a representation of how parts of a system are related or organized

• uses a model to copy the function, behavior, or process of the thing it represents

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Measurement

• uses different forms of data to represent the way a system or process works

• a description of how close a measurement is to the true value of the quantity measured

• a short way of representing very large numbers or very small numbers

• a description that includes a number and a unit

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Precision

• exactness of a measurement

• a description of how close a measurement is to the true value of the quantity measured

• uses different forms of data to represent the way a system or process works

• uses a model to copy the function, behavior, or process of the thing it represents

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Conceptual Model

• a representation of an object or a process that allows scientists to study something in greater detail

• represents the physical structure of an object or system

• a representation of how parts of a system are related or organized

• uses different forms of data to represent the way a system or process works

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3