1. Jeopardy 200 400 600 800 1000 Basic Units Metric Measurements
What unit would ya use?
Definitions
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2. What is the basic unit for LENGTH?
METER
200

3. What is the basic unit for VOLUME?
LITER
400

4. What is the basic unit for MASS?
GRAM
600

5. What is the basic unit for WEIGHT?
NEWTON
800

6. What is the basic unit for LENGTH?
CELSIUS
1000

7. How many cm long is the object?
200

8. What is the volume of the toy?
Initial volume = 32 mL
Volume after fish dropped in = 38 mL
38 – 32 = 6 mL
400

9. Fill in the missing info:
Measurement
Tool/Insturement
Unit
I want to measure how much rain water I collected…
A.) ? mL
I want to measure the mass of my pencil
Triple Beam Balance
B.)?
A.) Graduated Cylinder
B.) grams
600

10. What is the volume of the “little man?”
5.0 – 3.4 =
1.6 mL
800

11. What is the volume of the box?
3 cm
2 cm
12.6 cm
V = L x W x H
V = 12.6 cm x 2 cm x 3 cm
V = cm³
1000

12. What unit would you use if you were measuring: length of a crayon?cm
200

13. What unit would you use if you were measuring: Distance to Canada?Km
400

14. What unit would you use if you were measuring: mass of an elephant?kg
600

15. What unit would you use if you were measuring: mass of an ant?mg
800

16. What unit would you use if you were measuring: Volume of soda in a can?mL
1000

17. What is the name of the curve/dip that forms from water in a graduated cylinder?
meniscus
200

18. You want to measure the volume of a ball of playdough
You want to measure the volume of a ball of playdough. What method do you use?
Water displacement
400

19. Amount of matter in an object
Define Mass:
Amount of matter in an object
600

20. Amount of space something takes up
Define Volume
Amount of space something takes up
800

21. Why does your weight change if you go to Mars but your mass doesn’t?
Weight is a measure of the force of gravity. There is less gravity in outer space, so your weight changes. Mass is a measure of what your are made of, which won’t change.
1000