Chapter 2, Putman Science

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Volume

Measuring something in meters cubed

Liter

SI unit for liquid volume

Kelvin

SI unit for temperature

Multiples of ten

SI units are useful because they are all related by _______ __ ______

Gram

The SI unit for weight and mass

Meter

The SI unit of length

Mass

The ______ of an object measures the amount of matter in the object

Organized

The advantage data in the table has over data presented in a paragraph is the way the data is _________

Up

When converting ___ move decimal point to left

Right

When converting down move decimal to the _______

Volume

You can measure the ______ of a solid that does not have a regular shape and placing it in a graduated cylinder of water and recording the different in the volume of water

Estimate

You can use ________ to check that an answer is reasonable

SI

_______ provides a worldwide standard of physical measurement

Circle graph

_________ ________ would be best for describing the percentages of different gases in the atmosphere

SI system is an international standard and is used everywhere in the world and is based on multiples of 10

2 advantages of SI system

5.14

5.1428 grams rounded to 3 digits

Cm^3 or cc

Cubic centimeter

Table

Data displayed in rows and columns

Liters or meters^3

Volume is in either ______ or _______

1:1.8

Water freezes at 32 degrees and boils at 212 degrees on the Fahrenheit temperature scale. The Celsius scale has water freezing and 0 degrees and blowing a hundred degrees the difference in the scale is a ratio of __:____

Mass and weight

will be different on Mars than Earth because your ______ remains the same everywhere, but your ______ is influenced by gravity


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