1. Metric System of Measurement Add to your note-card book! 

2. Metric System
The Metric system of measurement was created about two hundred years ago by a group of French scientists to simplify measurement.  

3. Length: Base unit in the metric system is the Meter.
The measured distance from one end to the other of an object.

4. 1 meter (1m)

5. 1 meter (1m)
or the length of a baseball bat

6. About the thickness of a dime
1 millimeter (1 mm)
About the thickness of a dime

7. 1 centimeter (1 cm)

8. 1 kilometer (1 km)

9. OR About the length of 10 football fields
1 kilometer (1 km)
OR About the length of 10 football fields

10. Mass: Base unit in the metric system is the Gram.
A quantity of matter.

11. 1 gram (1 g)

12. 1 gram (1 g)
or the mass of a paperclip

13. About the mass of a grain of sand
1 milligram (1 mg)
About the mass of a grain of sand

14. 1 kilogram (1 kg)

15. 1 kilogram (1 kg)
or the mass of
your textbook

16. Volume / Capacity Base unit in the metric system is the Liter.
Space included within limits as measured
Base unit in the metric system is the
Liter.

17. 1 liter (1 L)
1 liter of coke

18. 1 liter (1 L)

19. Capacity of an eyedropper
1 milliliter (1 mL or 1 ml)
Capacity of an eyedropper

20. 1 milliliter (1 mL or 1 ml)

21. 1 kiloliter (1kL or 1 kl)
About the capacity of 4 bathtubs

22. Temperature: Base unit in the metric system is the Celsius.
The degree of hotness or coldness of something
Base unit in the metric system is the Celsius.

23. degree Celsius (°C)

24. What would you use to measure:
the length of a car?
the length of your desk?
the mass of your pencil?
the mass of a teenager?
the capacity of a school milk carton?
the capacity of a swimming pool?

25. What would you use to measure:
the length of a car? - meter
the length of your desk? - centimeter
the mass of your pencil? - gram
the mass of a teenager? - kilogram
the capacity of a school milk carton? - centiliter
the capacity of a swimming pool? - kiloliter

26. In the metric system, each of the common kinds of measure –
length, weight, capacity
Each has one basic unit of measure
To measure smaller amounts, divide the basic unit into parts of ten, a hundred, or a thousand, and so
on. 
To measure larger amounts, multiply the basic unit by ten, a hundred, or a thousand, and so on.  

27. 1 kilogram (kg) = 1000 grams (g) 1 milligram (mg) = .001 gram (g)
 Length:
1 kilometer (km) = 1000 meters (m) 1 centimeter (cm) = .01 meter (m) 1 millimeter (mm) = .001 meter (m)
Capacity:
1 milliliter = .001 liter (l)
Weight:
1 kilogram (kg) = 1000 grams (g) 1 milligram (mg) = .001 gram (g)
Kilo  means thousand (1000) Hecto means hundred (100) Deca means ten (10)
Deci means one-tenth (1/10) Centi means one-hundredth (1/100) Milli means one-thousandth (1/1000)

28. Kilo hecto deca UNIT deci centi milli
When making metric conversions, arrange the prefixes from largest to smallest:
Kilo   hecto   deca   UNIT   deci  centi  milli   

29. King Henry Died by drinking Choc Milk
Another way to remember might be
King Henry Died by drinking Choc Milk
Kilo   hecto   deca   UNIT   deci  centi  milli