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Temperature
Properties
100
What is the basic unit for distance?
meter
100
Smallest unit
milli
100
What metric unit is about the size of the width of your pinky finger?
Centimeter
100
Unit of temperature in the US Customary System
Fahrenheit
100

Cutting a piece of paper

Physical

200
What is the basic unit for weight?
grams
200
Largest unit
Kilo
200
A little longer than a yard is a
Meter
200
Unit of measure in the Metric System
Celsius
200

Boiling water

Physical

300
What is the basic unit for liquid?
Liter
300
hundreds
hecto
300
About 6 city blocks is a
kilometer
300
Boiling point for Customary System
212 degrees
300

Iron rusting

Chemical

400
What number is the metric system based on?
10
400
tenths
deci
400

The weight of a paperclip

one gram

400
Boiling point for Metric System
100 degrees
400

Define "physical property".

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

500

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

Move the decimal
500
List the metric units from smallest to largest.

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

500
About the same as a quart
one liter
500

Freezing point for metric system

0 degrees

500

Define "chemical property".

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