Physics Flashcards

all in one since there's not that much terms

Scientific Notation

it is a convenient way of writing very large or very small numbers using the power of 10 ; the zeroes are converted into an exponential form of base 10 raised to the number of zeroes

Significant Figures

are the numbers of digits which contribute to the accuracy and precision of certain measurement ; these are figures/digits that are known with some degrees of reliability

Accuracy

refers to the proximity of a measurement to a known value

Precision

refers to how near multiple measurements are to one another

Formula for Absolute Error

Formula for Percentage of Error

Formula for Percentage of Accuracy

Formula for Absolute Deviation

Formula for Percentage of Deviation

Percentage of Precision