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Metric System Book Definition In your own words… Picture A system of measurement used everywhere EXCEPT the United States that contains the units of meters,

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1 Metric System Book Definition In your own words… Picture A system of measurement used everywhere EXCEPT the United States that contains the units of meters, liters and grams

2 English System Book Definition In your own words… Picture A system of measurement used in the United States that contains the units of inches, miles, quarts and pounds

3 Meter Book Definition In your own words… Picture A metric unit for distance

4 Gram Book Definition In your own words… Picture A metric unit for mass

5 Liter Book Definition In your own words… Picture A metric unit for liquids

6 Volume Book Definition In your own words… Picture Amount of space something takes up, also uses the equation length x width x height

7 Area Book Definition In your own words… Picture Size of a defined space, also uses the equation length x width

8 Celsius Book Definition In your own words… Picture A metric unit of temperature

9 Mass Book Definition In your own words… Picture The amount of matter an object actually has

10 Weight Book Definition In your own words… Picture The amount of matter an object has including the pull of gravity

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