Chapter 6 review

What is reaction time?

• The time it takes to respond to a situation

• The time it takes to stop a car

• The time it takes to accelerate

• The time it takes for a chemical reaction to finish

This bullseye demonstrates...

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

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

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CCSS.5.NF.B.3

Describe the accuracy and precision of the image

• Accurate and Precise
• Accurate and not precise
• Not Accurate and Precise
• not accurate and not precise

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

• Accuracy

• Precision

• Significant

• Estimate

This image is an example of...

• precision ONLY
• accuracy ONLY
• BOTH precision and accuracy
• NEITHER precision and accuracy 

A set of data are all close to each other, but they are not close to the actual value.  This set of data can be described as...

• accurate
• precise
• both precise and accurate

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CCSS.5.NBT.A.1

A set of data are all close to each other, and they are close to the actual value.  This set of data can be described as...

• accurate
• precise
• both precise and accurate

What are random errors?

• Errors in measurement that can always occur and cannot completely be corrected for

• Errors that occur when you use a tool incorrectly

• Errors that occur from random changes in measuring equipment

• When something is precise but not accurate

If you use a ruler with inches but report the measurement in centimeters, you have made a:

• Systematic Error

• Random Error

• Personal Error

• You are an error