1. Measurement Notes
Ms. Cannon
Science

2. American System or English System

3. What is the system of measurement in the United States?
The United States Customary System or American system
- Based on units of “_______”
It is sometimes called “___________________”
Base Units: Length= Foot, Volume= Gallons,
Mass/Weight=Pounds

4. Origins of the United States Customary System
In all traditional measuring systems, short distance units are based on the dimensions of the ____________________.
The ____________ represents the width of a thumb;
In fact, in many languages, the word for "inch" is also the word for "thumb."
The ________ (12 inches) was originally the length of a human foot
Although it has evolved to be longer than most people's feet.

5. Origins of the United States Customary System
The _________ (3 feet) seems to have gotten its start in England as the name of a 3-foot measuring stick
BUT it is also understood to be the distance from the tip of the nose to the end of the middle finger of the outstretched hand.
Finally, if you stretch your arms out to the sides as far as possible, your total "arm span“ from one fingertip to the other is a ____________(6 feet)

6. Origins of the United States Customary System
The basic traditional unit of weight is the ___________.
Originated as a Roman unit and was used throughout the Roman Empire.
The Roman pound was divided into 12 ________.

7. Origins of the United States Customary System
Longer distances in England are traditionally measured in miles.
The _______ is a Roman unit, originally defined to be the length of 1000 paces of a Roman legion.
A "pace" here means two steps, right and left, or about 5 feet, so the mile is a unit of roughly 5000 feet.

8. What is the Metric System?
The ______________ is an system of measurement based:
On the decimal;
On a base of ten;
On multiplying and divided by tens.
A standard set of prefixes in ________of _____may be used to derive larger and smaller units from the _________.
Base Units: grams (g) for ________ or mass;
liter (L) for __________;
meter (m) for _________.

9. Metric Prefixes Prefix Abbrev.__________________________________
Tera (T) Base x 1012
Giga (G) Base x 109
Mega (M) Base x 106
Kilo (k) Base x 103
Hecto (h) Base x 102
Deka (da) Base x 101
Base
Deci (d) Base x (Base ÷ 10)
Centi (c) Base x (Base ÷ 100)
Milli (m) Base x (Base ÷ 1,000)
Micro (µ) Base x (Base ÷ 1,000,000)
Nano (n) Base x (Base ÷ 1,000,000,000)
Pico (p) Base x (Base ÷ 1,000,000,000,000)

10. Where did the Metric System Originate?
In 1790, in the midst of the French Revolution, the National Assembly of France requested the French Academy of Sciences to "deduce an invariable standard for all the measures and all the weights."
Metric system was first adopted by _________ in 1791

11. Metric System
Since the 1960s the International System of Units has been the internationally recognized standard metric system.
"Système International d'Unités" in ________, which is why we call it the “_______“ or International System of Units for measurement.

12. The Metric System is like a Staircase!

15. How do I use the Metric Staircase?

16. Where is the Metric System Used?
The International System of Units is the _______system of measurement for ____nations except for Myanmar, Liberia, and the ___________.
Although the International System of Units is universally used in _______, and increasingly in medicine, government, and many sectors of industry.

17. Where is the Metric System Used?

18. Temperature
Temperature is in the Metric System is measured in degrees __________.
Temperature is in the English System is measured in degrees _______________.
____________ (T) – The measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a sample of matter. Measured in degrees __________ (K). .

19. Temperature Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
Water freezes at 0 degrees Celsius.
Water boils at 212 degrees Fahrenheit.
Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit.

21. Temperature
To convert from degrees Fahrenheit to degrees Centigrade and vice versa:
(ºF – 32) x 5/9 = Degrees Celsius
(ºC x 9/5 ) + 32 = Degrees Fahrenheit
To convert from degrees Celsius to Kelvins and vice versa:
ºC+273 = Kelvin
Kelvins – 273 = Degrees Celsius

22. Volume
___________ (____) is a measurement of how much space something takes up.
Liquid base unit is _______, but also can be ______________for solids.
Volume Formula for Solid Object
V = length x width x height

23. Volume A doctors says, “I need 1 cc of insulin stat!”
1 milliliter of volume is _________to 1 centimeter cubed.
_________= ________

24. Density
__________ (____) is the mass of something (a.k.a. weight on Earth) divided by its volume.
ρ is the Greek letter called _______.
Formula for Density
ρ = Mass ÷ volume = m/V
Units are: grams per liter (g/L) OR grams per meters cubed (g/m3)

26. Metric to English Conversions
Length
1 km = 0.62 Mi
1 Mi = 1.61 km
 1 cm = in
1 in = 2.54 cm
 1 Mi = 5280 ft
1 ft = cm
 1 cm = ft

27. Metric to English Conversions
Volume
1 L = 0.26 gal
1 gal = 3.85 L

28. Metric to English Conversions
Weight
1 kg = 2.2 lbs
1 lb = 0.45 kg
1 metric ton = 1000 kg