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Code Red: Alpha Metrics 1
Term | Definition |
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Metric System | Decimal system of units based on the meter as a unit length, the kilogram as a unit mass, and the second as a unit time. |
Length | Distance from point to point. |
Mass | Amount of matter contained in an object. |
Volume | The space that matter occupies. |
Meter | Metric standard for line measure, unit of distance. |
Liter | Basic unit of volume. |
Gram | Unit of mass. |
Weight | Force created by the response of mass to the pullof gravity, measure of the heaviness of an object. |
Gravity | Natural force of attraction between any two massaive bodies, which is directly proportional to the product of thier masses and inverselym proportional to the square of the distance between them. |
Scale | An instrument to measure weight. |