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Measurements flashcards
36 cards drawn from the 4 lessons of measurements: 10 definitions, 21 recall prompts, 1 off-sheet equation and 4 spot-the-error cards. Grade yourself and the deck reschedules each card at staged intervals, from the next day out to three weeks.
Year 12 · Measurements lessons · all 851 cards
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- State the SI base quantitiesRecall
- State the SI base unitsRecall
- Homogeneous equationDefine
- State how to check an equation for homogeneityRecall
- Explain what a failed homogeneity check proves, and what a passed one does notRecall
- State the SI base quantity whose base unit is the moleRecall
- SI base and derived unitsSpot the error
- State the value of the prefix centiRecall
- State the conversion between electronvolts and joulesRecall
- State the conversion between kilowatt hours and joulesRecall
- Explain how to convert a squared unit that carries a prefixRecall
- State the convention for labelling a table column or a graph axisRecall
- Prefixes, labels and unit conversionsSpot the error
- AccuracyDefine
- PrecisionDefine
- Explain how precision and accuracy differRecall
- RepeatabilityDefine
- ReproducibilityDefine
- ResolutionDefine
- UncertaintyDefine
- Random errorDefine
- Explain how random error is reducedRecall
- Systematic errorDefine
- Explain why repeating readings does not reduce a systematic errorRecall
- State how to combine uncertainties when adding or subtractingRecall
- State how to combine uncertainties when multiplying or dividingRecall
- State how to find the uncertainty of a quantity raised to a power nRecall
- State how to find the uncertainty of a mean from repeated readingsRecall
- Percentage uncertaintyEquation
- Uncertainty and errorSpot the error
- Order of magnitudeDefine
- State where the crossover between adjacent orders of magnitude fallsRecall
- State what "differ by n orders of magnitude" meansRecall
- State the benchmark density of waterRecall
- State the benchmark density of airRecall
- Estimation and orders of magnitudeSpot the error
The lessons these cards come from
- SI base and derived units
- Prefixes, labels and unit conversions
- Uncertainty and error
- Estimation and orders of magnitude
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