1. Chemical Building Blocks 1.2 Pages 22-27
The Metric System
Chemical Building Blocks 1.2
Pages 22-27

3. Why Go Metric? 63,360 inches! 1 foot = 12 inches 1 yard = 3 feet
Distance
1 foot =
1 yard =
1 mile =
12 inches
3 feet
5,280 feet
= 36 inches
= 1,760 yards =
63,360 inches!

4. Why Go Metric? 1/7,000 pound 1 grain = 16 ounces 1 pound = 1 short ton
Weight
1 grain =
1 pound =
2,000 pounds =
1 long ton =

5. Why Go Metric? Volume 3 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon
2 tablespoons = 1 fluid ounce
3 tablespoons = 1 jigger
1 cup = 8 fluid ounces
2 cups = 1 pint
2 pints = 1 quart
4 quarts = 1 gallon

6. Base Units Distance – Mass – Liquid Volume – Meter (m) Gram (g)
Liter (L)

7. Nature, not Artifice
The meter is defined as the distance that light travels in 1/299,792,458 of a second
Speed of light is 299,792,458 meters per second
Liter is the volume of a 10 centimeter cube (1,000cm3)
The kilogram is based on the mass of 1 liter of water.

8. Prefix Each prefix denotes a multiple of the base unit
Deca (da) : 10 (ten)
Hecto (h): (hundred)
Kilo (k): 1,000 (thousand)
Mega (M): 1,000,000 (million)
Giga (G): 1,000,000,000 (billion)
Tera (T): 1,000,000,000,000 (trillion)

9. Prefix Each prefix denotes a multiple of the base unit
Decameter: 1dam = 10m
Hectometer: 1hm = 100m
Kilometer: 1km = 1,000m
Megameter: 1Mm = 1,000,000m
Gigameter: 1Gm = 1,000,000,000m
Terameter: 1Tm = 1,000,000,000,000m

10. Prefix Each prefix denotes a fraction of the base unit
Deci (d): (tenth)
Centi (c): (hundredth)
Milli (m): (thousandth)
Micro (µ): (millionth)

11. Prefix Each prefix denotes a fraction of the base unit
Deciliter: 1dL = 0.1L
Centiliter: 1cL = 0.01L
Milliliter: 1mL = 0.001L
Microliter: 1µL = L

13. Which is the correct base unit for mass?1
Meter 2
Gram 3
Liter

14. How many grams are in a kilogram?1 1g 2
10g 3
100g 4
1,000g

15. How many centimeters are in a meter?1
1cm 2
10cm 3
100cm 4
1,000cm

16. How many Liters are in a milliliter?1
0.001l 2
0.001L 3
0.01l 4
0.01L

17. Which is the correct base unit for volume?1
Liter 2
Meter 3
Kilogram 4
Cubic decimeter

18. Which two measurements are equivalent?1
1.7kg 2
17g 3
170mg 4
1,700cg

19. Which two measurements are equivalent?1
22m 2
2,200mm 3
220cm 4
2.2km