the international system of measurement used by scientists around the world
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Scientific Measurement
Vocabulary
Metric System
The international system of measurement used by scientists around the world.
Accuracy
This describes how close a measurement is to the true value of an object.
Precision• The degree of exactness with which a measurement is made and reported.
Volume• The measure of the amount of space an object occupies.
Liter
• The basic unit of liquid volume in the metric system
A large water bottle is a liter.
Meter
• The basic unit of length in the metric system
Mass• The measure of the amount of matter in an object.
Gram
• Units of mass in the metric system.
WeightThe measure of the force of gravity on an object.
Temperature• The measure of the amount of heat an object has.
Celsius• A scale for temperature measurement.
Area• A measure of the size of a surface or region.
Density
• The amount of mass in a given space/volume
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