Metric Base Units
Length
What is a meter?
A measure of distance
What is length?
Temperature
What is a thermometer?
1000x
What is kilo?
The only major country in the world that has not completely adopted the Metric system (besides Liberia & Burma)
What is the United States?
Volume
What is liters?
The amount of space an object occupies.
What is volume?
Length
What is a Metric ruler or meter stick?
10x
What is deca?
In the common Metric system, the freezing point is this.
What is 0*C?
Time
What is seconds?
The amount of matter in an object
What is mass?
Volume of liquids
What is a graduated cylinder?
1/100x (0.01x)
What is centi?
The only base unit that is the same for both the British system and the Metric system
What is time?
Mass
What is grams?
A measure of molecular motion
What is temperature?
Mass
What is a triple-beam balance or electronic scale?
1/1000x (0.001x)
What is milli?
This is equal to length x width
What is area?
Temperature (2)
What is degrees Celsius and Kelvin?
A force due to gravity
What is weight?
Time
What is a stopwatch?
1/10x (0.1x)
What is deci?
Another name for the Metric system
What is the SI?