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Metric System

Metric System. International System of Units (SI). Unit of measurement used by most scientists and most countries in our world today. Also called the metric system. Metric System. simple to use based on units of ten easy to make conversions used by all scientists

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Metric System

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  1. Metric System

  2. International System of Units (SI) • Unit of measurement used by most scientists and most countries in our world today. • Also called the metric system.

  3. Metric System • simple to use • based on units of ten • easy to make conversions • used by all scientists • used in the medical field • used in most countries • can be easily learned in an hour

  4. Basic (SI) Units of Measurement • Length = Meter • Volume = Liter • Mass = Gram • Temperature = Kelvin

  5. Length • The distance between two points (1). • Meter.

  6. Volume • The amount of space that something occupies (1). • Liter.

  7. Mass • The amount of matter that something is made of (1). • Grams.

  8. Temperature • Measurement of how hot or cold something is (1). • Kelvin (K).

  9. Units of measure

  10. kilo- • hecto- • deka- • (unit of measure or meter-liter-gram) • deci- • centi- • milli-

  11. There are no commas in the metric system. • There are no fractions in the metric system. • When the liter symbol is hand written, it must be a capitalletter so that is not confused with a one. When it is with another symbol, lower case can be used. Ex: L stands for liter, and ml or mL both mean milliliter. • Metric temperature is Kelvin. Celsius is a more common form of SI temperature, because it is derived directly from the Kelvin scale. On the Celsius scale, water freezes at 0oC and boils at 100o C.

  12. Make a scale for conversions… • Make a row of seven boxes across your paper like this: • Use prefixes to fill in each box left to right from greatest to smallest. Start with kilo- on the left and end with milli- on the right. • Make sure they are in order and unit is in the center box.

  13. Your scale should look like this… Sentence to help you remember: King Henry Died by Drinking Chocolate Milk

  14. Let’s practice… 3.4m = ______ cm 500mg = _____ g 0.2kL = _____ L

  15. 3.5cm=____mm • 50mg=____g • 2L=____mL • 0.25km=____m

  16. 3km=____m • 1.2cm=____mm • 85g=____kg • 27mL=____L • 4.1km=____m

  17. 2.7L=____mL • 7kg=____g • 8mm=____cm • 27cm=____m • 3km=____cm

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