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23 Cards in this Set
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Mass - Units
Kilogram (kg) |
weighs about 2 pounds of butter (8 sticks) - on earth
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Mass - Units
gram (g) |
about the mass of a paper clip
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Mass - Units
milligram (mg) |
about the mass of a grain of sand
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Mass - Units
microgram (mcg) |
1000 mcg = 1 mg
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Length - Units
kilometer (km) |
about 0.6 miles
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Length - Units
meter (m) |
about the height of doorknob
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Length - Units
decimeter (dm) |
about the width of your hand
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Length - Units
centimeter (cm) |
about the width of your little finger
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Length - Units
millimter (mm) |
about the thickness of a thin dime
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Speed
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Speed = distance/time
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Area
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area = lenght x length
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volume
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volume =
length x width x height |
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cm³ = cc = ml
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cc = ml
cc-measuring solids ml- measuring liquids |
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1 liter =
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= 1dm³ (dm x dm x dm)
= 10 cm³ (10cm x 10cm x 10cm) or 1000 cm³ = 1000 cm³ = 1000ml |
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Density
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D = m/V
mass per unit volume |
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Specific Gravity
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desity of substance g/cm³) / density of water (1 g/cm³)
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Qualitative Descriptions
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without measurement
heavy, cool |
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Quantitative Descriptions
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with measurement
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Quantitative Descriptions
Three Requirements |
Property
Unit Amount |
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Common Metric Units
Length |
meter - m
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Common Metric Units
Mass |
gram - g
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Common Metric Units
Time |
second - sec
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Common Metric Units
Temperature |
Celsius - ºC
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