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SI Measurement
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a measure of distance | length |
| a measure of the size of an object in three dimensions or the space an object occupies | volume |
| measure of the amount of matter in an object | mass |
| a measure of how hot (or cold) something | temperature |
| the ratio of the mass of a substance to the volume of the substance | density |
| bowl-like shape taken by water when being measured in a graduated cylinder | meniscus |
| length is measured in | meters |
| volume is measured in | liters |
| mass is measured in | kilograms |
| temperature is measured in | kelvin or degrees Celsius |
| density is measured in | grams per milliliter (liquids) and grams per centimeter cubed (solids) |
| 1/100 prefix in the metric system | centi- |
| 1/1000 prefix in the metric system | milli- |
| 1000 prefix in the metric system | kilo- |
| metric system is based on this number | 10 |
| what you are measuring in | unit |
| set if connected things or parts forming a complex whole | system |