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MEASUREMENT Vocabula
MEASUREMENT Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Area | The space inside a shape. |
| Capacity | How much something can hold. |
| Centimeter | A small unit to measure length, about as wide as a pencil's width. |
| Cup | A unit used to measure volume, especially for cooking. |
| Degree | A unit for measuring temperature or angles. |
| Foot | A unit to measure length, about as long as a grown-up's foot. |
| Gram | A tiny weight used to measure how heavy something is. |
| Height | How tall something is. |
| Inch | A small unit of measure, about the length of the top of your thumb. |
| Kilogram | A bigger weight, like the weight of a big dictionary. |
| Liter | A unit to measure how much liquid there is. |
| Meter | A longer unit to measure length, like the height of a door. |
| Milliliter | A very small amount of liquid. |
| Ounce | A tiny weight, about the weight of a slice of bread. |
| Perimeter | The distance all the way around a shape. |
| Pint | A unit for measuring liquid, bigger than a cup but smaller than a quart. |
| Pound | A unit to measure how heavy something is, like a bag of sugar. |
| Quart | A unit to measure liquid, larger than a pint. |
| Rectangle | A shape with four sides and four corners, where opposite sides are the same length. |
| Scale | A tool used to find out how heavy something is. |
| Square | A shape with four equal sides and four corners. |
| Temperature | How hot or cold something is. |
| Ton | A very big weight, like the weight of a small car. |
| Volume | How much space something takes up. |
| Weight | How heavy something is. |
| Yard | A longer unit to measure length, used in measuring fabric or for the length of a football field. |