6th Grade- Science- Ch 2 Vocab

way to describe objects and events with numbers; for example, length, volume, mass, weight, and temperature

• accuracy

• measurement

• precision

• estimation

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

method of making an educated guess at a measurement; using the size of something familiar to guess the size of a new object

• accuracy

• measurement

• precision

• estimation

describes how closely measurements are to each other and how carefully measurements were made

• accuracy

• measurement

• precision

• estimation

compares a measurement to the true value

• accuracy

• measurement

• precision

• estimation

International System of Units, related by multiples of ten, designed to provide a worldwide standard of physical measurement

• SI

• meter

• volume

• kelvin

SI unit for length

• mass

• meter

• volume

• kelvin

the amount of space an object occupies measured in cubic meters

• mass

• meter

• volume

• kelvin

amount of matter in an object, which is measured in kilograms

• mass

• meter

• volume

• kelvin

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

SI unit for mass

• mass

• kelvin

• weight

• kilogram

a measurement of force that depends on gravity; measured in newtons

• mass

• kelvin

• weight

• kilogram

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4