Chapter 1- Measurement
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Earths rotations
The rotation of planet Earth around its own axis, as well as changes in the orientation of the rotation axis in space
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Units
The unique names assigned to quantities.
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large quantities
In physics, to represent ________, bases of 10 are used.
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Base Quantities
Quantities on the basis of which other quantities can be expressed
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SI
The International System of Units is the modern form of the metric system and the world's most widely used system of measurement.
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conversion factor
factor by which a quantity that is expressed in one set of units must be multiplied in order to convert it into another set of units.
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Length
the property of being the extent of something from beginning to end.
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Time
The indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole.
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Metre
The SI base unit of length
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Mass
A large body of matter with no definite shape.
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Prefixes
The words written before large quantities to express them as a base of 10.
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