SI Measurement Review

Mass

100

What is mass?

How much stuff is in something?

200

What do you use to measure mass?

Scale or balance

300

What are the base units of mass?

Grams

400

What is the difference between mass and weight?

Mass is how much matter is in something

Weight is the strength of the gravitational pull

Volume

100

What is volume?

How much space something takes up

200

What do you use to measure volume?

Graduated Cylinder

300

What are the base units of volume?

Liters

400

If you fill a graduated cylinder to 10mL and add in an item and it now reads 21mL. What is the volume?

11 mL

Density

100

What is density?

How much stuff is within a given volume

200

What two things are needed to calculate density?

Mass and Volume

300

Calculate the Density if there is a mass of 75grams and a volume of 3 liters

25 grams/liter

400

Calculate the mass if the object has a density of 12 g/ml and a volume of 9 mL

108 g

Length

100

What is length?

The distance of something

200

What do you use to measure length?

Ruler

300

What is the base unit for length?

Meters

400

What number is the metric system based?
Ex: Millimeters to Centimeters to Meters to Kilometers

a. 100
b. 10
c. 1
d. 50

b. 10

Temperature

100

What is temperature?

How hot or cold something is

200

What do you use to measure temperature?

Thermometer

300

What is the scientific unit for temperature?

Kelvin

400

At what temperature does water freeze in Kelvin?

273K