1st Group of Vocabulary/ Extra Credit
Across
- 2. the thousand place in metrics
- 3. unit of measurement of time
- 6. unit of measurement of amount of substance
- 9. the measuring system that is most commonly used in the United States.
- 14. unit of measurement of length
- 15. the prefix of the thousandths place of a metric unit
- 17. the ratio of the mass of a substance to the volume of the substance; commonly expressed as grams per cubic centimeter for solids and liquids and as grams per liter for gases.
- 20. the prefix of the tenths place in metric unit
- 24. the ability and willingness to assess claims critically and to make judgments on the basis of objective and supportive reasons.
- 26. a measure of the amount of matter in an object
- 27. a measure of the straight-line distance between two points
- 28. picture representation of data
- 30. unit of measurement of electric current
- 31. one hundredth place value of the metric system
Down
- 1. a measure of the size of a body or region in three-dimensional space
- 4. unit of measurement of luminous intensity
- 5. the prefix for the tens place in the metrics unit.
- 7. a series of steps followed to solve problems including collecting data, formulating a hypothesis, testing the hypothesis, collection of data, conclusion and communicating results
- 8. the prefix the hundred place in metrics
- 10. a process involves a series of steps that lead to the development of a new product or system
- 11. the exactness of a measurement
- 12. a method of expressing a quantity as a number multiplied by 10 to the appropriate power
- 13. a prescribed decimal place that determines the amount of rounding off to be done based on the precision of the measurement
- 16. a standard of measurement based on 10 and internationally accepted in the scientific world
- 18. the seven SI base units, which compromise: ampere, kilogram, meter, second, kelvin, mole, candela
- 19. a factor that changes in an experiment in order to test a hypothesis
- 21. anything that has mass and takes up space
- 22. a measurement of the gravitational force exerted on an object; its value can change with the location of the object in the universe
- 23. a description of how close a measurement is to the true value of the quantity measured
- 25. unit of measurement of mass
- 29. unit of measurement of thermodynamic temperature