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Ch 2: Physical Science Methods
1. A ____________________ is an exact quantity that people agree to use as a basis of comparison.

2. The prefix milli- means _______________.

3. The prefix kilo- means _______________.

4. The prefix deci- means _______________.

5. The prefix centi- means _______________.

6. In a ______________, the independent variable is always plotted on the horizontal x-axis.

7. The prefix micro- means _______________.

8. In a __________________, the dependent variable is always plotted on the vertical y-axis. 

9. In SI , prefixes are used to make the base units larger or smaller by powers of _____________. 

10. The base SI unit for temperature is ____________________.

11. ____________________ show how a fixed quantity can be broken into parts.

12. __________________ is the mass per unit volume of a material. 

13. _____________________ is absolute zero.  

14. The base SI unit for mass is the _____________________.

15. _____________________ are used to show data collected by counting.  

16. ____________________ show continuous changes between related variables.  

17. 273 degrees Kelvin is 0 degrees Celsius ... the _________________ point of water.  

18. The base SI unit for length is the __________________.

19. The base SI unit for volume is the ____________________, or cubic decimeter.

20. ESSAY: Give an example of SI use in the United States.
 

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