Metric System
Metric System Prefixes and power of tens
Density
Conversions
Metric Conversions
100
The basic unit for distance
What is the meter?
100
It means
10^-3
What is milli?
100
The property of a substance that determines if it floats or sinks in water.
What is Density?
100
Given 1 inch = 2.54 cm, the conversion factor to go from centimeters to inches.
What is 1 in / 2.54 cm?
100
5 kilograms = _______ grams
What is 5000 grams?
200
The basic unit for mass
What is grams
200
The power of ten for Giga
What is
10^9
200
The density of water.
What is 1 gram per milliliter?
200
The factor needed to convert Joules (J) into kilojoules (kJ)
What is 1 kJ / 1000 J or 0.001kJ / 1 J ?
200
1 centimeter = _______ millimeters
What is 10 millimeters?
300
The basic unit for volume
What is Liter?
300
It means
10^3 or 1000
What is kilo?
300
How you calculate the volume of a rectangular prism?
What is height times length times width?
300
Given there are 60 minutes in 1 hour, and 60 seconds in 1 min, the mathematical operation needed to go from seconds to hours.
What is dividing by 3600?
300
1000 grams = _______kilogram
What is one kilogram?
400
The number on which the metric system is based on
What is 10?
400
The power of ten for micro
What is
10^-6?
400
The scientist who first studied the property of density with a "gold" crown
Who is Archimedes?
400
Given there are 4184 Joules in 1 Calorie (or Kilocalorie), the mathematical operation to convert 2000 Joules into Calories.
What is dividing by 4184?
400
1 millimeter = meter
What is 0.001 Meter or
10^-3 m?
500
A way of expressing numbers that are too large or too small to be conveniently written in decimal form.
What is the scientific notation?
a *10^n
500
It means
10^-9
What is nano?
500
How density is calculated.
What is a mass divided by volume?
500
Knowing it is 20 degree Celcius, and using the formula:
Celcius+273 = Kelvin to find this Kelvin
What is 293 Kelvin?
500
1 gigameter= meters
What is
10^9
or 1,000,000,000 meters ?