Key Terms
The amount of mater in an object.
Mass
The basic metric unit of length.
Meter (m).
In the United States, people usually use English units of measurement. Name at least one.
Ounces, Pounds, Inches, Feet, Miles...
Scientists use English unites of Measurement.
False, they use the metric system.
Measure of the pull of gravity on an object.
Weight
Area is measured in this
Square Units, such as m2
The metric system is used in most other countries. Name at least one unit of metric measurement
gram, kilogram, meter, centimeter...
One Hundred
Hecto
One kilogram is less than one gram.
False, a Kilogram is 1000 grams.
Distance between two points
Length
The basic unit of volume in science is
Liter (L)
The metric system is based upon unites of
Ten
Deci-
Volume is the measure of the amount of matter in an object.
False, the volume is the measure of the amount of space an objects takes.
Measure of the size of a surface
Area
Volume of a solid is measured in
cubic centimeters (cm3).
You can convert a larger unit of measure in the metric system to a smaller unit by doing what operation.
Dividing
One thousandth (1/1000)
Milli-
A measurement has two parts.
True, Number and Units
Measure of the amount of space an object takes up
Volume
In science, temperature is measured in what scale?
Celsius (C)
Describes a unit's value
Prefix
One Hundredth (1/100 or 0.01)
The basic unit of length in the metric system is the meter.
True