International System of Units
Unit Conversions
Uncertainty in Measurements
7 Basic Units
Smaller than Mili Units
100

Kilo

Hecta

Deka

Unit

Deci

Centi

Mili

What prefixes of KHDUdcm?

100
A combination of base units. 

What is a derived unit?

100

How close to accepted value your measurement is. 


What is Accuracy?

100

First: The basic unit for Length. 

Second: The basic unit for Mass. 

What is Meter and Mass?

100

The prefix for 1 smaller than Mili. 

What is Mega? 

200

Measure of the force of gravity on a mass. 

What is weight?

200

Problem solving strategy that was units to convert to a new unit. 

What is Dimensional Analysis?

200
Difference between accepted value and your measurement. 

What is Percent Error?

200

First: The basic unit for Time. 

Second: The basic unit for Temperature. 

What is Second and Kelvin?

200

The prefix for 2 smaller than Mili. 

What is Giga?

300

Amount of space occupied by an object. 

What is Volume?

300
Mrs. Strohbehn's way of coverting on unit of measure to another. Even derived units can be converted together. 

What is the Picket Fence?

300

Zeros in front of numbers. 


What is Don't Count?

300

The basic unit for Electric Current. 

 

What is Ampere?

300

The prefix that is 3 smaller than Mili. 

What is Micro?

400

Meter

Kilometer

Centimeter

Milimeter

What is Length Units?

400

Mass/Volume = ?

What is Density?

400

All non-zero digits DO count. 

Zeros between non-zero numbers. 

Zeros at the end of numbers. 

What Do Count?

400

The basic unit for Luminous Intensity.

What is Candela?

400

The prefix that is 4 smaller than Mili. 

What is Nano?

500

Useful tool when numbers are too big or small. 

Example: 6.05 X 1012

What is Scientific Notation?

500

Equivalencies used to change the unit. 

What is Conversion Factors?

500

How close a set of measurements are to each other.

What is Precision?

500

The basic unit for Amount of Substance. 

What is Mole?

500

The prefix that is 5 smaller than Mili. 

What is Pico?