Abbreviate the measurement
Metric abbreviation
Metric Conversions
Name that instrument
Vocabulary
100
kilometer
km
100
dg
decigram
100
5700 m =__________ km
5.7 km
100
Used to measure temperature.
Thermometer
100
How hot or cold something is?
Temperature
200
centigram
cg
200
kL
kilolitter
200
32 cm =____________mm
320 mm
200
Used to measure the mass/weight of an object.
Triple Beam Balance
200
Distance between two points.
Length
300
millilitter
mL
300
m
meter
300
507 cL =_______________ L
5.07 L
300
Used to measure the length of an object.
Meterstick
300
Amount of space an object takes up?
Volume
400
hectogram
hg
400
dkg
dekagram
400
0.546 km =______________dm
5460 dm
400
Used to measure the volume of an odd shaped object.
Graduated Cylinder
400
Amount of matter in an object?
Matter
500
dekaliter
dkL
500
hm
hectometer
500
69,000 dg =____________ kg
.69 kg
500
What instruments do you use to measure Density?
Triple Beam Balance and Graduated cylinder
500
Measure of the attraction between two objects due to gravity?
Weight