MEASUREMENTS AND CONVERSION

Chemistry

study of matter and the processes that it goes through

chemistry is also known as

central science

accuracy

the closeness of a measurement to the true value of the quantity that is measured

dimensional analysis

it is used to convert from one set of units to another

precision

the closeness of agreement of 2 or more measurements of the same quantity

SI units

used in scientific measurements that can be derived from just 7 fundamental standards called "base units

significant figures

the number of meaningful digits in a measured or calculated quantity

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