Midterm Review, ch1- ch5

Describes the reproducibility of measurements

• Accuracy
• Reproducibility
• Validity
• Precision

How close a measurement is to expected value.

• Accuracy
• Reliability
• Consistency
• Precision

Smallest noticeable change a measurement device

can clearly display

• Precision
• Calibration
• Accuracy
• Resolution

Sig fig rules:

• All non-zero digits ARE significant.

• Leading zeros are NOT significant

• Zeros between non-zero digits ARE

  significant.

• Trailing zeros of a number with a

  decimal ARE significant

• a vector (both speed and direction)

The answer will be to the least decimal.

• Division

• Multiplication

• Subtraction

• Addition

The weakest link rule / answer following

the number with the least sigfigs

• Subtraction

• Multiplication

• Division

• Addition

quantity with both magnitude (size) and direction

• Vector
• Point
• Magnitude
• Scalar

quantity with magnitude only

• Scalar
• Vector
• Matrix
• Tensor

how far you have traveled, regardless of direction

• Velocity
• Displacement
• Distance
• Speed

how far the object is from its starting point,

includes direction

• measure

• range

• distance

• Displacement