Chemistry Chapter 3 Vocabulary

a measure of how close a measurement comes to the actual or true value

• accuracy

• precision

• error

• uncertainty

a force that measures the pull on a given mass by gravity

• mass

• weight

• density

• volume

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

the capacity to do work or to produce heat

• energy

• power

• force

• velocity

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

the value measured in the lab

• experimental value

• accepted value

• theoretical value

• calculated value

a number that is written as the product of two numbers: a coefficient and 10 raised to a power

• scientific notation

• significant figures

• exponential notation

• standard form

a ratio of equivalent measurements

• conversion factor

• dimensional analysis

• unit conversion

• proportion

the correct value

• experimental value

• accepted value

• theoretical value

• calculated value

the lowest temperature possible

• absolute zero

• room temperature

• melting point

• boiling point

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

a way to analyze and solve problems using the units of the measurement

• dimensional analysis

• unit conversion

• proportion

• conversion factor

a measurement that includes all of the digits that are known, plus a last digit that is estimated

• exact measurement

• approximate measurement

• significant measurement

• precise measurement