Unit Two Vocabulary Foundations of Science Literacy

Match each term with its description.

• Meter

• the scientific unit for measuring volume

• Celsius

• the scientific unit for measuring temperature

• Gram

• the scientific unit for measuring mass

• Liter

• the scientific unit for measuring length

What type of graph best shows how something has changed over a period of time?

• Bar Graph

• Line Graph

• Pie Graph

What type of graph best shows differences among groups when the data is not continuous?

• Bar Graph

• Line Graph

• Pie Graph

What type of graph best shows parts or percentages of a whole?

• Bar Graph

• Line Graph

• Pie Graph

What does optimum mean?

(2 words)

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What term refers to the correctness of a measurement or how close the data/measurement is to the actual value?

• Accuracy

• Precision

What term refers to the exactness of a measurement in terms of how small an increment used; can also be a measure of how reproducible or repeatable the data is?

• Accuracy

• Precision

What term refers to a data point that does not fit into a clearly established trend or relationship you see in a data chart or graph? (one word)

Match the following terms with their definitions.

• Extrapolate

• term meaning to estimate or predict an unknown value between (inside) two data points

• Interpolate

• term meaning to estimate or predict an unknown value beyond (outside) two data points

• Correlate

• term suggesting two factors relate to one another; they change together

What type of relationship occurs between two variables/factors in an experiment that move in the same direction?

• Direct Relationship

• Inverse (Indirect) Relationship