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SI Measurement
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Question | Answer |
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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 |