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35 Cards in this Set
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The amount of matter something is made of
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Mass
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A measure of the pull of gravity on an object
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Weight
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A measure of the distance between two points
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length
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The measure of the outside surface of an object
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Area
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The measure of the amount of space taken up by a solid, liquid, or gas
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Volume
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A method of measuring the volume of irregular solids.
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Water Displacement
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The amount of mass in a certain volume of matter.
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Density
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The measure of how hot or cold something is.
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Temperature
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The official metric unit for temperature
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Kelvin
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The temperature scale used most often by scientists. (it is not the official metric unit of temperature)
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Celsius
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The basic SI (metric) unit of length
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meter (m)- a little over one yard in length
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The basic SI (metric) unit of mass
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gram (g)
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The basic SI (metric) unit of liquid volume
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Liter (L)(about the size of a bottled soft drink)
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The basic SI (metric) unit of solid volume
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cubic centimeter (cm³) for small objects, or cubic meter (m³) for larger objects.
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added before metric units to change them to larger or smaller units
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metric prefixes
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The SI prefix that means 1,000
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milli
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The SI prefix that means 100
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hecto
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The SI (metric) prefix that means 10
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deca
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The SI prefix that means .1 (one-tenth)
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deci
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The SI prefix that means .01 (one-hundredth)
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centi
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The SI prefix that means .001 (one-thousandth)
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milli
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A sentence that helps you remember the order of the metric prefixes and units
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King Henry's dad (must let grandsons) drink chocolate milk.
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container used to measure liquid volume in milliliters
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graduated cylinder
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instrument used to measure mass in grams
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balance (we use a triple beam balance in our lab)
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instrument used to measure distance
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meter stick
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instrument used to measure weight (pull of gravity)
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spring scale
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formula for volume
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V = L x W x H
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formula for area
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A = L x W
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formula for density
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D = M ÷ V, or D = M/V
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Instrument used to measure the volume of a regular solid (like a rectangular block of wood)
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metric ruler
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The official name of the measurement system scientists all over the world use.
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The International System of Units (also called SI)
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means the same as SI, or the International System of Units
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metric system
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Advantages of using the SI system of measurement (or the metric system)
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1) contains units based on the number "10"
2) scientists all over the world and most countries use the system |
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Common measurments on the Celsius temperature scale
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0° = freezing
20° = room temperature 37° = normal body temperature 100° = boiling |
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Ways people used to measure things before standard systems were used
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body parts
objects such as barley grains |
