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Using ideas from Modules One and Two, explore some aspects of measurements and how you report them. Post an example that would correspond to an everyday example of reporting a measurement (e.g., what time you will meet someone, air temperature, the length of your commute). Describe how a scientist would report this value, including a description of the proper units of measurement, significant figures, and any associated precision and accuracy concerns.
People use many different measurements daily, sometimes without even realizing that they’re measuring something. Some of the most common measurements that I can think of are things such as: temperature, time, and cooking. The measurement I’d like to focus on is weight. Over the last year I have weight my daughter quite a few times. At home I weigh her by weighing myself and then weighing us together. Weight can often be mistaken for mass, but there is a difference between the two. Mass is the measurement of the amount of matter in an object (Muro, 2023). A measurement of mass depends on the type and number of atoms that the object is made of. In scientific terms mass is most typically measured and described using kilograms (kg). Weight, on the other hand, is the measurement of gravitational force on an object (Muro, 2023). The weight of an object fluctuates when it’s mass and location change. Weight is actually measuring a force being acted upon the object being measured, this is why your weight would change if you were to visit a different planet. In the United
States we use pounds (lbs) to measure weight other parts of the world uses kilograms (kg), scientifically it is more proper to use the newton. This is the measurement unit used to measure force. Mass and weight are closely related even though they are technically different, if an object’s mass was to decrease, its weight would decrease as well. But since we all experience the same gravity on earth mass and weight can be interchangeable.
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Muro, T. (2023, September 5).
Explainer: How do mass and weight differ?
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