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- 2. Why do we need to be able to measure things? Any Ideas? Suppose we wanted to
- 3. Estimation Estimation is using your knowledge of something similar in size or amount to determine the
- 4. Precision is a description of how close measurements are to each other. Precision and Accuracy Accuracy
- 5. Measurements are easily understood by all scientists Measurements are easier to convert than the English system
- 6. Basic Types of Measurement Length: measures distance between objects Mass: measures the amount of matter in
- 7. Measurement System Comparisons All Measurement systems have standards. Standards are exact quantities that everyone agrees to
- 8. In the English system you have to remember so many numbers . . . 12 inches
- 9. The SI System uses the following prefixes: This system works with any SI measurement. The UNIT
- 10. It works for all types of measurement. If your measuring . . . Volume then it
- 11. How does converting units work? Unlike the English system converting in the SI System is very
- 12. The SI system is much easier. For example in the metric system if you wanted to
- 13. More Conversions . . . Kilo Hecto Deca UNIT Deci Centi Milli 2,321.0 millimeters to meters
- 14. Things to Remember All measurements need a number and a unit! Basic units of Measurement (meter,
- 15. Nature of Science The International System of Units
- 16. Basic Types of Measurement Length: measures distance between objects Mass: measures the amount of matter in
- 17. Length is the distance between two points. Does not matter if it is width, height, depth,
- 18. Metric Measurement: Mass Mass is a measurement of the amount of matter in an object. Basic
- 19. Metric Measurement: Volume Volume is a measurement of the amount of space something takes up. The
- 20. Metric Measurement: Temperature Temperature is a measure of the kinetic energy of the atoms in an
- 21. Nature of Science The International System of Units
- 22. Which is heavier . . . A kilogram of feathers or a kilogram of lead? Which
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