Copy of Measurement and Calculations Vocab Quiz

mass per unit volume of a material

• density
• conversion factor
• quantity
• SI
• volume

system of measurements used by scientist

• SI
• conversion factor
• density
• quantity
• volume

an arithmetical multiplier for converting a quantity expressed in one set of units into an equivalent expressed in another.

• conversion factor
• density
• quantity
• SI
• volume

a value calculated by subtracting the experimental value from the theoretical value and then dividing by the the theoretical value. The answer is expressed as a percentage

• percent error
• conversion factor
• density
• quantity
• SI

each of the digits of a number that are used to express it to the required degree of accuracy, starting from the first nonzero digit

• significant figure
• conversion factor
• density
• quantity
• SI

the amount or number of a material or immaterial thing not usually estimated by spatial measurement.

• quantity
• conversion factor
• density
• SI
• volume

amount of matter in an object

• mass
• conversion factor
• density
• quantity
• SI

amount of space occupied by an object

• volume
• conversion factor
• density
• quantity
• SI

gravitational pull exerted on an object

• weight
• conversion factor
• density
• quantity
• SI

type of proportionality that if one value increases so does the other

• directly proportiional
• conversion factor
• density
• quantity
• SI