2.  The METRIC system is used by scientists all around the world.  The metric system is a base 10 system that uses prefixes to identify units.

3. THE PREFIXES K-kilo-1000 H-hecto-100 D-deca- 10 BASE UNIT (liters, meters, grams) D-deci- 1/10 or.1 C-centi- 1/100 or.01 M-milli- 1/1000 or.001

4. K H D BASE UNIT M C D

5. King Henry Died By Drinking Chocolate Milk MNEMONIC DEVICE

6. The distance between two points. Metric System Unit: meter (m) A meter is about the length of Miss Abernathy’s leg. LENGTH

7. A measure of the amount of space a liquid occupies. Metric System Unit: liter (l) A liter is about half a 2 liter bottle of Mountain Dew. LIQUID VOLUME

8. The measure of the amount of matter in an object. Metric System Unit: gram (g) A gram is about the mass of a large paperclip. MASS

9. The measure of the force of gravity on an object. Metric System Unit: Newton (N) WEIGHT

10. The measure of the amount of heat an object has. Metric System Scale: Celsius (⁰C) (⁰C) Room temp. 23 ⁰ C Boiling point 100 ⁰ C Freezing point 0 ⁰ C (⁰F) Room temp. 68 ⁰ F Boiling point 212 ⁰ F Freezing point 32 ⁰ F TEMPERATURE

11. A measure of the size of a surface or region. Metric System Unit: square units (mm 2, cm 2, m 2, km 2 ) AREA

12. METRIC CONVERSION PRACTICE 1. 866 cm = ________ m 2. 5.9 cm = _______ mm 3. 3.29 cm = _______ mm 4. 2.51 cm = ______ mm 5. 3.8 kg = __________ g 6. 239 mm = ______ cm 7. 431 g = __________ kg 8. 74 cm = _________ m 9. 1.46 L = _________ mL10. 17.46 m = _____ km

13. METRIC CONVERSION PRACTICE 1. 866 cm = 8.66 m 2. 5.9 cm = 59 mm 3. 3.29 cm = 32.9 mm 4. 2.51 cm = 25.1mm 5. 3.8 kg = 3800 g 6. 239 mm = 23.9 cm 7. 431 g =.431 kg 8. 74 cm =.74 m 9. 1.46 L = 1460 mL10. 17.46 m =. 01746 km