Honors Biology Unit 1.4 Flashcards
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What is the median in a data set?
The one in the middle, or the average between two in the middle.
What is the one in the middle, or the average between two in the middle in a data set?
Median
What is the mean in a data set?
The average between every number in a data set.
What is the average between every number in a data set?
Mean
What is an average?
Adding each number together and then dividing them by the quantity of each number.
What is adding each number together and then dividing them by the quantity of each number?
Average
What is Mass?
The quantity of matter in a physical body.
What is the quantity of matter in a physical body?
Mass
What is Volume?
A measure of three-dimensional space.
What is a measure of three-dimensional space?
Volume
What is a Metric Prefix?
A unit prefix that precedes a basic unit of measure to indicate a multiple of a unit.
What is a unit prefix that precedes a basic unit of measure to indicate a multiple of a unit?
Metric Prefix
What is a Base Unit?
The meter. A meter is slightly larger than a yardstick, or just over three feet. The basic metric unit of mass is the gram.
What is the meter and what is the Gram?
Base Unit
What are the most common measuring units in the metric system?
Millimeters, centimeters, meters, and kilometers.
What are Millimeters, centimeters, meters, and kilometers?
Most common units of measuring distance in the metric unit.
How do you convert metric prefixes?
Using the metric prefix scale.
