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7. Intro to Agriculture AAEC – PV Fall 2014
The Metric System
Intro to Agriculture
AAEC – PV
Fall 2014

8. The International System of Units
If everyone is to understand what your measurements mean, you must agree on the units that will be used.
By international agreement, a set of units called "The International System of Units" has been defined for scientific work. This system was adopted in 1960 by the General Conference on Weights and Measures.
These units are also called metric units or SI units.

9. SI has Eight base units Quantity Unit Name Unit Abbreviation Length
meter m
Mass
gram g
Time
second
s or sec
Temperature
Kelvin K
Volume
Liter L
Amount of Substance
mole
mol
Electric Current
ampere A
Energy
Joules J

10. Advantages of Using SI Units
SI Units make measuring and calculating easier. Measurements are always expressed as decimals rather than fractions.
It is very easy to change from one unit to another since they are based on 10.
It is universally understood.

11. SI Prefixes
Prefixes can be placed in front of the base units. These prefixes are used to represent quantities that are larger or smaller than the base units.
Prefix
Unit Abbreviation
Meaning
giga G
1,000,000,000
mega M
1,000,000
kilo k
1,000
hecto h
100
deca da 10 1
deci d .1
centi c
.01
milli m
.001
micro 
nano n

12. How many meters are in each of the following?
1 Gm = ? m
1 Mm = ? m
1 km = ? m
1 hm = ? m
1 dam = ? m
? dm = 1 m
? cm = 1 m
? mm = 1 m
?  m = 1 m
? nm = 1 m
1,000,000,000 m
1,000,000 m
1,000 m
100 m
10 m
10 dm
100 cm
1,000 mm
1,000,000 m
1,000,000,000 nm

13. Metric Unit of Length The meter (m) is the SI base unit of length.
Prefixes are used to indicate distances longer and shorter than a meter.
What name and symbol is given to each of the following units of length? m
.001 m
.01 m
.1 m
10 m
1000 m
Micrometer m
Millimeter mm
Centimeter cm
Decimeter dm
Decameter dam
Kilometer km

14. Metric Unit of Volume Volume: the space occupied by a sample of matter
The cubic meter (m3) is the SI derived unit for measuring volume.
When chemists measure the volumes of liquids and gases, they often use a non-SI unit called the liter.
The two units, mL and cm3, are interchangeable.

15. Metric Unit of Mass Mass: the amount of matter within an object
Weight: the measure of gravitational pull on an object
Mass and weight are often confused. Mass is not affected by gravitational pull.
The kilogram is the SI base unit for measuring mass.

16. Dimensional Analysis
Dimensional Analysis: a process used to convert between units.
“Conversion factors” are numbers that are used to change from one unit to another.
Conversion factors are formed from equalities that state a relationship between two units.
For example:
1 kilometer = 1000 meters
When conversion factors are used properly, all units will divide out (or cancel out) EXCEPT the unit being converted to.

17. Solving a Problem Using Dimensional Analysis
How many kilometers are equal to 250 meters?
250 m
1 kilometer
= .250 km
1000 meters
When solving a problem using dimensional analysis, start with what you are given in the problem.
Decide what conversion factor should be used in the next step.
In the conversion factor step, place the unit on bottom that will cancel the unit in the previous step.
Proceed until you are left with the unit you are looking for.

18. Convert .044 km to meters Convert 4.6 mg to grams. .044 km 1000 m

19. How many seconds are in .079 years?
Convert 696 cm3 to m3
696 cm3
(1)3 m3
= m3
(100)3 cm3
How many seconds are in .079 years?
.079 yr
365 days
24 hr
60 min
60 sec
1 yr
1 day
1 hr
1 min
= 2,491,344 sec

20. Convert .065 km to dm .065 km 1000m 10 dm = 650 dm 1 km 1 m
The density of manganese is 7.21 g/cm3. What is the density in kg/m3?
7.21 g
cm3
1 kg
(100)3 cm3
= 7210 kg/m3
1000 g
(1)3m3

21. Convert 0.44 mL/min to microliters/sec
0.44 mL
min
1 L
1,000,000 L
1 min
= 7.33 L/sec
1000 mL
1 L
60 sec
There are 7 x 106 red blood cells in 1.0 mm3 of blood. How many red blood cells are in one liter of blood?
7 x 106 cells (1000)3 mm3 (1)3 m cm mL
1.0 mm3 (1)3 m (100)3 cm mL L
= 7 x 1012 cells/L