Measurement Tools
Vocabulary
Units
Prefixes
Practice Problems
100

The equipment we use to measure temperature 

What is thermometer?

100

how much matter an object has 

what is mass?

100

a unit of measurement for distance 

what is kilometer?

100

prefix that means 100 

what is hecto-?

100

a rectangular solid has a width of 5cm, a height of 6cm, and a length of 10 cm. What is the volume?

what is 300cm3?

200

equipment we use to measure length

What is a ruler?

200

how much space a substance occupies

what is volume?

200

Unit of measure for the amount of matter in an object

what is gram?

200

prefix that means 1,000

what is kilo?

200

what unit would you measure the length of an ant?

what is a centimeter?

300

equipment we use to measure mass

What is a triple beam balance?

300

The amount of mass per given volume. 

What is density?

300

unit of measure for how hot something is 

What is Kelvin?

300

prefix that means 0.01

what is centi-?

300

the place you measure the water in a graduated cylinder

what is the meniscus?

400

equipment we use to measure volume of a regular solid

What is a ruler?

400

a system of measurement that uses the number 10

What is the International System of Units?

400

unit of measure for volume of a liquid

What is liter?

400

prefix that means 1,000,000,000,000

what is tera?

400

what unit would you use to measure the mass of a whale 

what is a kilogram?

500

equipment we use to measure volume of a liquid and an irregular solid

What is a graduated cylinder?

500

a measure of force of gravity pulling on an object 

What is weight?

500

unit of measure for volume of a solid

What is cubic centimeters?

500

prefix that means 0.1

what is deci-?

500

You have a rock with a volume of 15cm3 and a mass of 45 g. What is its density?

what is 3 g/cm3?

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