2.

1 Distance and Length

To do science you need a precise way to describe the natural world. In physics,
many things are
described with measurements. For example, 2 meters is a measurement of length. Two
meters is a little
more than the height of an average person. Measurements such as length, mass,
speed, and temperature
are important in science because they are a language that allows us to communicate
information so
everyone understands exactly what we mean. This section is about length, one of the
most important
measurable quantities in physics. For example, you could not communicate how far
away something is
without having a way to measure length.