Vocabulary
The measurement system that is based on powers of ten
What is the Metric System?
Convert 75hg to g
What is 7500g?
The country that created the metric system
What is France?
The base units of the metric system
What is Gram, Liter, Meter?
The tool used to measure temperature
What is a thermometer?
The amount of matter in an object
What is mass?
Convert .63km to m
What is 630m?
A country that does not use the metric system
What is the United States?
The metric system is used...
What is around the world?
The tool used to measure distance
What is a meter stick?
The amount of space an object takes up
What is volume?
Convert 482 cL to L
What is 4.82 L?
Measurements in the metric system are based on this number
What is powers of ten?
The metric system is _____ to convert between prefixes
What is easy?
The tool used to measure volume
What is a graduated cylinder?
The closeness of particles in an object
What is density?
Convert .058 km to dm
What is 580 dm?
This was difficult prior to the metric system
What is business and trade?
The prefixes in the metric system
What are kilo, hecto, deca, deci, centi, milli?
The tool used to measure mass
What is a scale or triple beam balance?
A curve created by water in a graduated cylinder
What is a Meniscus?
Convert 33 cg to hg
What is .0033hg?
What is the Earth?
The global standard of measurement
What is the metric system?
The metric system allows us to do this