Jeopardy Metric System

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Standard unit of length in the metric system (100)

meter (m)

The standard unit in the metric system for measuring mass or weight (200)

gram (g)

The standard unit in the metric system for measuring capacity 300

liter (L)

1,000 meters(m) = 1 __ (400)

kilometer (km)

10 millimeters = 1 __ (500)

centimeter (cm)

Length of a baseball bat, length of a guitar, or doorknob to floor (100)

a meter (m)

Width of your pinky finger, length of a staple, or distance between lines on your paper (200)

a centimeter (cm)

Mass of a grain of sand, salt, or sugar (300)

a milligram (mg)

The capacity of a medicine dropper would be measured in (400)

milliliters (mL)

Width of the edge of a dime (500)

millimeter (mm)

Most appropriate metric unit of mass for measuring a person’s weight (100)

kilogram (kg)

Most appropriate metric unit for measuring the length of a football field (200)

meter (m)

Most appropriate metric unit for measuring the mass or weight of a piece of candy (300)

gram (g)

Most appropriate metric unit for measuring the amount of orange juice in a small juice glass (400)

milliliter (mL)

Most appropriate metric unit for measuring the amount of tea in a pitcher (500)

liter (L)

1 meter (m) = __ mm (100)

1,000 millimeters (mm)

1 meter (m) =___cm 200

100 centimeters (cm)

The number of meters needed to make a dekameter (300)

10 meters (m)

The number of meters needed to make a hectometer (hm) (400)

100 meters (m)

The number of meters needed to make a kilometer (500)

1,000 meters (m)

45 mm= ___ cm 100

4.5 cm

6,000 mm =____ meters (200)

6 meters

9.8 mm = ___ cm (300)

0.98 cm

0.8 mm = __ m (400)

meters

9 mm = ___ meters (500)

0.009 meters (m)

9,000 mL = ___liters(L) (100)

9 liters (L)

6 liters(L) = ____mL (200)

6,000 milliliters(mL)

50 liters = ____ (kL) (300)

0.05 kiloliters (kL)

3.1 grams = ____ (mg) (400)

3,100 milligrams (mg)

5.2 (mg) = __ grams(g) (500)

grams (g)