Metric Origins
This word means “measure” and is the name of the system you are studying.
Metric
This is the basic metric unit used to measure length.
meter
This prefix, symbol k, means 1,000 times the base unit.
kilo-
This is how many meters are in 1 kilometer
1,000 meters
This is the volume in milliliters that is equal to 1 cubic centimeter (1 cc).
1 milliliter
In the 1790s, French scientists created this new way to measure things.
metric system
This is the basic metric unit used to measure liquid volume
This prefix, symbol h, means 100 times the base unit.
hecto-
This is how many liters are in 1 hectoliter.
100 liters
This is the mass, in grams, of 1 milliliter of water.
1 gram
French scientists divided the distance from the North Pole to this line into 10,000,000 equal parts.
Equator
This is the basic metric unit used to measure mass (or weight).
gram
This prefix, symbol dk or da, means 10 times the base unit.
deka-
This is how many grams are in 1 dekagram.
10 grams
This three-part equality shows the relationship between a cubic centimeter, a milliliter of water, and a gram of water.
1 cc = 1 mL = 1 g
Each of the 10,000,000 equal parts from the North Pole to the equator was called this.
Meter
This is the symbol for meter, and this is the symbol for gram
m and g
This prefix, symbol c, means 0.01 or one-hundredth of the base unit.
centi-
kilogram → hectogram → dekagram → gram is
1,000 g → ___ g → 10 g → 1 g.
100 grams
If you have 5 milliliters of water, you also have this many grams of water.
5 grams
The metric system was first created in this country
France
This is the symbol for liter, and this special note about its capitalization appears in your notes.
L, and it is always capitalized
This prefix, symbol m, means 0.001 or one-thousandth of the base unit
milli
kilometer → hectometer → dekameter → meter is
1,000 m → 100 m → ___ m → 1 m.
10 meters
A small cube has a volume of 1 cubic centimeter. Name its volume in milliliters and its mass in grams if it is filled with water.
1 mL and 1 g