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Stack #22368 Mrs. Kamienski
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| deci- | one tenth .1 |
| centi- | one hundredth .01 |
| milli- | one thousandth .001 |
| deka- | ten (10) |
| hecto- | hundred (100) |
| kilo- | thousand (1000) |
| meter | a unit of measurment for length (m) |
| liter | a unit of measurement for volume (l) |
| gram | a unit of measurement for mass (g) |
| Celsius | a unit of measurement for temperature (C) |
| Volume | the amount of space an object takes up, measured in liters or cm3 |
| Mass | amount of matter in an object |
| Length | distance from point a to b |
| SI system | Universal system of measurement using metric units |
| dekagram | 10 grams |
| centiliter | one hundredth of a liter |
| kilometer | 1000 meters |
| millimeter | one thousandth of a liter |
| micro- | one millionth ( .000 001) |
| mega- | ne million ( 1 000 000) |