Vocab quiz 1

a system of measurement in which all units of a given dimension are related to each other by powers of 10

• metric system

• SI

• repeatibility

• scientific notation

the global scientific metric system

• SI

• scientific notation

• metric system

• repeatibility

an assessment of the measurement error. an indication of how close a measurement is to its acceptable value

• accuracy

• precision

• SI

• scientific notation

an assessment of the exactness of a measurement

• precision

• accuracy

• scientific notation

• repeatibility

an assessment of the random errors associated with a series of measurements.

• repeatibility

• accuracy

• precision

• SI

a convenient way to express very large or small numbers.

• scientific notation

• repeatibility

• SI

• accuracy

the measure of the earth's gravity acting on the matter in an object

• weight

• scientific notation

• SI

• gravity

a digit in a measurement used to communicate the precision of the measurement

• significant digit

• scientific notation

• SI

• repeatibility

the measure of the inertia of matter in an object or within the boundaries of a physical system

• mass

• weight

• SI

• gravity

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the space enclosed or occupied by an object or within the boundaries of a physical system.

• volume

• mass

• gravity

• weight