Metric System

Metric System

100

The base unit for distance.

What is the meter?

200

The base unit for mass.

What is the gram?

300

What is the base unit for volume?

Liter

400

What number is the metric system based on?

10

500

How do you convert from one unit to another in the metric system?

factor label method

Metric System Prefixes

100

___ millimeters = 1 meter

What is 1000?

200

Largest unit

Kilo

300

hundreds

hecto

400

tenths

deci

500

List the metric units from smallest to largest.

milli, centi, deci, base unit, deka, hecta, kilo

Compare

100

What metric unit is about the size of the width of your pinky finger?

Centimeter

200

A little longer than a yard is a

Meter

300

About 6 city blocks is a

kilometer

400

The weight of a paperclip

one gram

500

About the same as a quart

one liter

Temperature

100

Unit of temperature in the US Customary System

Fahrenheit

200

Unit of measure in the Metric System

Celsius

300

Boiling point for Customary System

212 degrees

400

Boiling point for Metric System

100 degrees

500

Freezing point for metric system

0 degrees

Properties

100

Cutting a piece of paper

Physical

200

Boiling water

Physical

300

Iron rusting

Chemical

400

Define "physical property".

A property of matter that can be observed without changing the identity of a substance.

500

Define "chemical property".

A property of matter that can only be observed after a chemical change.