The Language of Physics: Quantities and Units

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  1. 2. relation between variables that can be expressed in the form y=ax^2+bx+c , which produces a curved line when graphed
  2. 4. inches, foot, miles, pound.
  3. 7. the size of a quantity in terms of its power of 10 when expressed in scientific notation
  4. 8. how close a measurement is to the correct value for that measurement
  5. 9. the seven fundamental physical units in the SI system of units are length, mass, time, electric current, temperature, amount of a substance, and luminous intensity
  6. 12. way of writing numbers that are too large or small to be conveniently written in simple decimal form; the measurement is multiplied by a power of 10, which indicates the number of placeholder zeros in the measurement
  7. 14. the horizontal, or x-axis, variable, which is not influence by the second variable on the graph, the dependent variable
  8. 15. meter, kelvin, kilogram, ampere
  9. 16. units that are derived by combining the fundamental physical units ]
  10. 17. graphing scale in which each tick on an axis is the previous tick multiplied by some value
  11. 18. how well repeated measurements generate the same or closely similar results
  12. 20. a quantitative measure of how much measured values deviate from a standard or expected value
  13. 22. the SI unit for mass, abbreviated (kg)
  14. 24. relation between variables in which a constant change in the independent variable is accompanied by change in the dependent variable that is proportional to the value it already had
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  1. 1. relation between variables that produce a straight line when graphed
  2. 3. a relation between two variables expressible by an equation of the form y=k/x
  3. 5. the SI unit for electrical current
  4. 6. the SI unit for length, abbreviated (m)
  5. 10. a ratio expressing how many of one unit are equal to another unit
  6. 11. when writing a number, the digits, or number of digits, that express the precision of a measuring tool used to measure the number
  7. 13. the vertical, or y-axis, variable, which changes with (or is dependent on) the value of the independent variable
  8. 19. any relation between variables where one variable decreases as the other variable increases
  9. 21. a quantity that does not change
  10. 23. the ratio of the change of a graph on the y axis to the change along the x-axis, the value of m in the equation of a line, y=mx+b