Base Units
What is the base unit for Length?
Meters
What do we use to measure precise liquid volume in science?
Graduated Cylinder
grams
How to we label density?
mass/cubic units
610 grams
What is the base unit for mass?
Grams
What tool is most often used to measure length in this class?
A ruler or meterstick
Describe where the each weight would be on the triple beam balance if the mass was 258g.
hundreds -200g
tens-50g
ones-8g
Two tennis balls are the exact same size. Ball 1 weighs 15 grams and ball 2 weighs 19 grams. Which would be more dense.
Ball 2- due to having more mass
One Kilometer is worth how many meters?
1000 meters = 1 kilometer
How would you label the volume of your textbook?
cm^3
The tripple beam balance
What tool did we use to measure mass?
Triple Beam Balance
State the equation for density
D=M/V
This is the amount of space that an object or substance occupies.
Volume
What is the base unit for measuring liquid volume?
Liters
This is used to hold liquid in science and has measurement markings but is not as acurate as the graduated cylinder.
Beaker
What is the difference between mass and weight
Mass is the amount of matter in an object, weight is the measurement of how much gravity pulls down on mass
A can of rootbeer weighs 50 grams and has a volume of 10ml. What is the density of the can of rootbeer?
5g/ml
True or False: air has mass
True
Kilo, Deci, Centi, and Milli are all examples of what that we put infront of base units to change the measurement?
Prefixes
Fill in the blank *The ____ System is used in almost every other country and is based on units of 10.
Metric
What is the definition of Mass
The amount of matter in an object
True or False: If a can of Coke sinks to the bottom of a bucket of water, it is more dense than the water.
True
True or False: Feet and inches are common measurements used in the metric system.
False