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Farouk Elchalakani Sciences Year 8 English 12 cards

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1what is datathe term given to all observations and measurements that can be used to describe something
2list some examples for personal datayour height, weight,eye colour, skin colour your hair etc
3what are the two types of dataquantitative
and
qualitative
4what is quantitative datait is the data the is shown with numbers and units
5what is qualitative datait is the data that can only be shown in words
6what is primary datait is the data that you personally find out yourself
7what is secondary datait is the data that you get from the work of other people
8list some things where you can get secondary datainternet, books, TV, newspapers, magazines, etc
9what is the difference between errors and mistakesmistakes can be avoided if you are careful where errors are unavoidable
10what is parallax errorit is when you read the measurement at a angle so you might get the wrong reading
11why can you sometimes not be able to make your own observationslack of equipment ,lack of knowledge and experience, lack of area and lack of time
12what is the imprint pagethe imprint page is the first few pages of a book or magazine that tells the reader info about it and when it was made