Metric Vocab
This is the measurement of the amount of matter in a substance or object.
What is Mass?
This is the base metric unit for length or distance.
What is a meter?
This is the name of the system of measurement that is based on the number 10.
What is the metric system or SI?
This is the amount of space an object takes up.
What is Volume?
This tool is used to measure length or distance.
What is a meter stick (or ruler)?
This is the base metric unit for mass.
What are grams?
If I have 8 kL of water, how many liters do I have?
What is 8000 L?
This is the ratio of an object's mass to its volume.
What is density?
This tool is used to measure liquid volume.
What is a graduated cylinder?
This is the base metric unit for liquid volume.
What is a liter?
This is the formula for calculating density.
What is density = mass/volume?
This is what centi means.
What is 1/100 or 0.01?
This is the measurement of gravitational force acting on an object.
What is weight?
This tool is used to measure mass.
What is a triple beam balance scale (or electronic scale)?
This metric temperature scale is based on the properties of water.
What is Celsius?
This is what hecto means.
What is 100?
This is the measurement of the average energy of motion of the particles that make up a substance or object.
What is temperature?
These are the units for expressing density.
What are g/mL, g/cm3, or kg/m3?
Daily Double!!!!!!!!
This is the volume of a penny if you place it in a graduated cylinder with 5mL of water in it and you find that the level rises to 9mL (you must include the correct units).
List the 7 metric prefixes we've reviewed in class in order from largest to smallest.
What is kilo, hecto, deka, unit, deci, centi, milli?