Unit 2 Vocab
Across
- 3. error: ratio of an error to an accepted value
- 6. notation: expresses numbers as a multiple of two factors
- 9. a ratio that compares the mass of an object to its volume
- 10. base unit for mass
- 11. analysis: method of problem-solving that focuses on units used to describe matter
- 13. factor: ratio of equivalent values used to express the same quantity in different units
Down
- 1. refers to how close a measured value is to an accepted value
- 2. base unit for length
- 3. refers to how close a series of measurements are to another
- 4. base unit of time
- 5. the SI base unit of temperature (point of freezing)
- 7. unit: a defined unit in a system of measurement that is based on an object or event in the physical world
- 8. metric unit for volume equal to one cubic decimeter
- 9. unit: unit that it defined by a combination of base units
- 12. figures: include all known digits plus one estimated digit