Metric Units
This metric unit is used to measure time.
What is seconds?
This unit is written on the bottom of a conversion factor.
What is the starting unit?
This is done on both sides of an equation.
What is perform the same operation?
This is x in this equation: 5+x=10.
What is 5?
This is a representation of a system or phenomenon.
What is a model?
This metric unit is used to measure distance.
What is meters?
This unit is written on the top of a conversion factor.
What is the desired unit.
This is done to move or cancel a variable.
What is perform its opposite operation?
This is x in this equation: 20(x)=40
What is 2?
This a reason to use models.
What is to simplify complex information?
This metric unit is used to measure mass.
What is grams?
In a conversion factor, the number of base units is equivalent to this amount of unit prefix.
What is one?
This operation is the opposite of square rooting.
What is squaring?
This is x in this equation: 8x-10=70
What is 8?
These are objects or pieces of a model.
What are components?
This prefix is added to meter to indicate 1000 meters.
What is kilo-?
This the amount of grams in 1 kilogram.
What is 1000?
In a=b+c, this is done to both sides to solve for c.
What is subtract b?
This is x in the following equation: 4/x=4
What is 1?
These are how components interact with each other.
What are relationships?
This prefix is the next step smaller than centi-.
What is milli-?
This is the amount of meters in 4500 millimeters.
What is 4.5 meters?
In a=(b)(c), this is done to both sides to solve for c.
What is divide by b?
This is x in the following equation: x2+10=26
What is 4?
These explain why or how a phenomenon occurs.
What are mechanisms?