1. S TANDARDS OF M EASUREMENT International System of Units (SI) – standard unit of measurement used worldwide

2. Y OU A RE N OT T HE O NLY O NE T O C REATE A M ETRIC C ARTOON –

3. T YPES OF M EASUREMENTS Length – Distance between two points Volume – The amount of space occupied by an object Mass – The amount of matter (“stuff”) in an object Temperature – A measurement of the average amount of kinetic energy (energy of motion) of the particles in an object

4. B ASE UNITS Length – meters or m Volume – Liquid or Irregular shaped object – milliliters or mL Regular shaped object - centimeter cubed or cm 3 1 cm 3 = 1 mL Mass – gram or g Time – second or s Temperature – celcius or °C Temperature can also be measured in Kelvin or °K

5. M EASURING TOOLS Length – Centimeter Ruler, Meter Stick Volume – Liquid – graduated cylinder Irregular shaped object – graduated cylinder Cube, rectangular prism, triangular prism, etc – centimeter ruler Mass – Triple Beam Balance, Electronic Balance, Double Pan Balance Time – Clock Temperature – Thermometer (manual or digital), sensor or probe

6. C OMMON SI PREFIXES PrefixSymbolMultiplying Factor kilok1,000 decid0.1 centic0.01 millim0.0001 micro µ 0.000001 nanon0.000000001

7. D IRECTIONS : C REATE A “F OUR S QUARE ” FOR THE FOLLOWING TERMS – LENGTH, LIQUID VOLUME, VOLUME OF IRREGULAR SHAPED OBJECTS, VOLUME OF REGULAR SHAPED OBJECTS ( CUBE, RETANGULAR PRISM, ETC.), MASS, AND TEMPERATURE. Define and give an example of something measured by length: Measuring Tool Used to Measure: Units of Measure and Symbol:Illustrate measuring tool(s) used to measure this unit: Length

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