Introduction to Accuracy and Precision (includes Relative Error)

Interactive Video
•
Physics
•
9th - 10th Grade
•
Hard
Wayground Content
FREE Resource
Read more
7 questions
Show all answers
1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the main difference between accuracy and precision?
Both accuracy and precision are about closeness to the accepted value.
Accuracy is about closeness to the accepted value, while precision is about repeatability.
Accuracy is about repeatability, while precision is about closeness to the accepted value.
Both accuracy and precision are about repeatability.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following best describes accuracy?
How close a measurement is to the accepted value.
The difference between the highest and lowest measurements.
The number of decimal places in a measurement.
The ability to repeat an experiment with the same results.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does the bull's eye represent in the accuracy and precision analogy?
The measured value.
The average value.
The real value.
The accepted value.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
If all measurements are close to each other but far from the accepted value, what can be said about the experiment?
Low accuracy, high precision.
Low accuracy, low precision.
High accuracy, low precision.
High accuracy, high precision.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the relative error used to measure?
Precision of measurements.
Neither accuracy nor precision.
Accuracy of measurements.
Both accuracy and precision.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How are the dimensions of relative error determined?
By the cancellation of dimensions in observed and accepted values.
By the multiplication of observed and accepted values.
By the ratio of observed to accepted values.
By the difference between observed and accepted values.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is required to determine precision in an experiment?
Multiple measurements to compare.
A single measurement.
The real value.
The accepted value.
Similar Resources on Wayground
6 questions
TED-ED: What's the difference between accuracy and precision? - Matt Anticole

Interactive video
•
KG - University
6 questions
One of Our Own Kind part nine - print media in 1970: ads, billboards, banknotes, stamps, maps, etc.

Interactive video
•
KG - University
8 questions
Radiometric Dating: Carbon-14 and Uranium-238

Interactive video
•
11th Grade - University
6 questions
Guarding Your Turf

Interactive video
•
11th Grade - University
5 questions
Supervised Learning

Interactive video
•
11th Grade - University
8 questions
Applying compound interest to find the final value of a deposit over the years

Interactive video
•
11th Grade - University
3 questions
Guarding Your Turf

Interactive video
•
11th Grade - University
Popular Resources on Wayground
10 questions
Video Games

Quiz
•
6th - 12th Grade
10 questions
Lab Safety Procedures and Guidelines

Interactive video
•
6th - 10th Grade
25 questions
Multiplication Facts

Quiz
•
5th Grade
10 questions
UPDATED FOREST Kindness 9-22

Lesson
•
9th - 12th Grade
22 questions
Adding Integers

Quiz
•
6th Grade
15 questions
Subtracting Integers

Quiz
•
7th Grade
20 questions
US Constitution Quiz

Quiz
•
11th Grade
10 questions
Exploring Digital Citizenship Essentials

Interactive video
•
6th - 10th Grade
Discover more resources for Physics
20 questions
Position vs. Time Graphs

Quiz
•
9th Grade
25 questions
Newton's Laws of Motion

Quiz
•
9th Grade
20 questions
Claim Evidence Reasoning

Quiz
•
9th - 12th Grade
17 questions
Free Body Diagrams

Quiz
•
9th - 12th Grade
10 questions
Exit Check 3.3 - Universal Gravitation

Quiz
•
9th Grade
10 questions
Exit Check 3.4 - Moon's Orbit

Quiz
•
9th Grade
10 questions
Exit Check 3.5 - Earth's Orbit

Quiz
•
9th Grade
10 questions
Distance & Displacement

Quiz
•
9th - 12th Grade