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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| metric system | decimal sytem of units based on the meter as a unit length the kilogram as a unit mass , and the second as a unit time. |
| length | the distance between 2 points. |
| mass | the amount of matter contained in an object. |
| volume | the space matter occupies. |
| meter | (m) metric standard for line measure: unit of distance. |
| liter | basic unit of volume. |
| gram | unit of mass. |
| gravity | natural foce of attraction between any two massive bodies, which is directly proportional to the prodyuct of their masses and inversely proprtional to the square of the distance between them. |
| weight | force created by the measure response of mass to the pull of gravity; and explorer who proposed |
| scale | A instrument that measures weight. |