Match the vocabulary words with their correct definitions.

1 .
significant figures
those digits in a number that have true value
2 .
scientific method
doing repeated tests to verify a hypothesis
3 .
liter
the number of times a base number is multiplied times itself, shown as a superscript
4 .
theory
standard metric unit of volume
5 .
meter
ordered steps a scientist uses in his or her work
6 .
hypothesis
possible answer to a scientific problem
7 .
scientific notation
suggested or proposed solution to a general scientific area of inquiry
8 .
experimentation
system of measurement based on the number ten
9 .
metric system
scientific fact which provides repeatable results and has never been falsified
10 .
exponent
system of writing numbers as a multiple of a power of 10
11 .
second
standard unit of time
12 .
law
standard metric unit of length