Metric System Flashcards
liter
base unit of volume
gram
base unit of mass
Kilo
a thousand times the base unit
Hecto
a hundred times the base unit
Deca
ten times the base unit
deci
one-tenth of the base unit
centi
one-hundredth of the base unit
milli
one-thousandth of the base unit
celsius
base unit of temperature
meter
base unit of length
International System of Units (SI units)
a system of physical units based on the meter, kilogram, second, celcius, and kelvin together with a set of prefixes to indicate multiplication or division by a power of ten
triple beam balance
an instrument used to measure mass
graduated cylinder
an instrument used to measure liquid volume
thermometer
an instrument used to measure temperature
meter stick
an instrument used to measure length
length
Distance between two points
mass
Amount of matter in an object
volume
Amount of space occupied by an object
time
how long it takes something to occur
temperature
A measure of how hot or cold something is.