You Think You Know the Metric System?
This basic unit is named for the word root 'to measure'.
meter
one thousandth
milli
Length times width times height
What is the volume of a rectangular prism?
The most current name for the metric system.
International System of Units (SI)
This is when a measurement is close to the accepted value
What is accuracy?
Five of these units match the weight in a nickel.
grams
Largest unit of the following
kilo - giga - mega - centi - hecto
giga
This must be done with the three masses on a triple beam balance
What is add them together?
Unit of measure for temperature.
Kelvin
This is when many measurements are close to one another, but not necessarily close to the accepted value.
What is precision?
There are about four of these units in a gallon.
Liter
There are this many cm in 42 meters
What is 4200?
Took over rule of France in 1799 and made the metric system compulsory.
Napoleon
This represents the number of estimated digits in a scientific measurement
What is one?
What magical number, which is also the base for logarithmic scales, is the metric system based on?
10
There are this many kilometers in 265 meters.
What is 0.265 km?
Measurement for amount of substance. Equivalent to 6.02x1023
mole
Plants send warning signals to other plants using this
What are chemical signals in the air?
What system, which name literally means 10's or 10th's, is the metric system based on?
The decimal system
This method of measuring volume is often used for irregularly shaped objects
What is water displacement?
Metric measurement of luminosity
What is the candela?
These two explanations help us interpret plant communication
What are 1) eavesdropping and 2) survival of the species (kin altruism)