A | B |
DATA | information |
CELSIUS (degree) | metric units of temperature (not = degrees F) |
DENSITY | amount of matter in a given volume |
HYPOTHESIS | a statement of what may be true; can start off as a prediction |
KILOGRAM | the metric unit for mass |
LITER | the metric unit for volume (mostly used with liquids) |
MASS | the amount of matter in an object |
METER | the metric unit for length |
SCIENTIFIC METHOD | an organized way of trying to learn about something |
TEMPERATURE | measure of how hot or cold something is |
UNIT | amount used to measure something |
VOLUME | the amount of 3-d space something takes up |
WEIGHT | measure of the pull of gravity on an object (depends heavily on mass) |
CUBIC CENTIMETERS | units used to measure the volume of solids |
CENTI- | prefix 100 divisions; there are 100 centimeters in a meter |
MILLI- | prefix 1000 divisions; there are 1000 millimeters in a meter |
KILO- | prefix times 1000, there are 1000 meters in a kilometer |
MEGA- | prefix meaning times 1,000,000; there are 1,000,000 bytes in a Megabyte |
GIGA | prefix times 1,000,000,000; there are a billion bytes in a Gigabyte |