Units of Measurement
What is the basic unit of measurement for length?
meter
What is the definition of mass?
How much matter something has.
What is the definition of volume?
How much space something takes up.
What is the definition of density?
How much matter (mass) is in a space (volume).
How many centimeters are on a meter stick?
100 cm
What is the basic unit of measurement for liquid volume?
Which weight do you move first when measuring mass? (100g, 10g, or 1 g)
100 g
What is the equation to calculate the volume of a box?
length X width X height
What is the equation to calculate density?
Mass / volume
How many millimeters are in a centimeter?
10 mm
What is the basic unit of measurement for solid
volume?
cm3
What is the mass of the following object:
100 g weight is at 400
10 g weight is at 70
1 g weight is at 3.8
473.8 g
What is the equation to calculate volume using water displacement?
Water after - water before
If you throw an object with a density of 5 g/cm3 into water with a density of 1 g/mL, would it sink or float?
sink
How many meters are in 5 kilometers?
5,000 m
What is the basic unit of measurement for solid density?
g/cm3
OR
g/m
What do you label mass with?
grams (g)
If the water is 29 mL before an object is dropped in and 76 mL after the object is dropped in, what is the objects volume? (make sure to label)
47 cm3
If an object has a mass of 61 g and a volume of 59 cm3, what is the density? (label it)
1.03 g/cm3
How many decimeters are in 500 centimeters?
50 dm
What is the basic unit of measurement for liquid density?
g/mL
OR
g/L
Triple Beam Balance
What is the volume of the following box (make sure to label):
Length: 13 cm
Width: 6 cm
Height: 24 cm
1,872 cm3
If mass increases more than volume, what happens to the density?
increase
How many Hectometers are in 600 millimeters?
0.6 Hm