PLTW - Measurement Vocabulary Practice

The condition or quality of being true, correct or exact

• Accuracy

• Caliper

• Precision

• Unit

A measuring tool with two adjustable jaws used to measure thickness or diameter.

• Unit

• Ruler

• Meter Stick

• Caliper

Also referred to as the English system of measure.....uses the foot, second and pound as important units of measurement.

• Metric System

• Customary System

• Micrometer

• Precision

The number below the line in a fraction

• Numerator

• Denominator

• Measurement

• Caliper

The measurement for a straight line passing from side to side through the center of a circle or sphere

• Radius

• Diameter

• Circumference

• Unit

Collecting data in a quantifiable manner

• Micrometer

• Measurement

• Precision

• Unit

The measurement system based on the meter, liter and grams as units of length, capacity and weight or mass.

• Customary System

• Metric System

• Krieger System

• Cass System

A gauge which measure small distances or thickness

• Unit

• Precision

• Numerator

• Micrometer

The number above the line in a fraction

• Numerator

• Denominator

• Unit

• Micrometer

The degree to which several measurements or calculation show the same or similar results.

• Micrometer

• Accuracy

• Precision

• Unit