Metric System Vocab

Front

Amount of matter in an object

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Mass

Front

Amount of space an object takes up

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Volume

Front

Amount of space between two things

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Distance

Front

Base unit for mass

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gram

Front

Base unit for volume

Back

Liter

Front

Base unit for distance

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Meter

Front

x 1,000

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kilo

Front

1 / 100th

Back

centi

Front

1 / 1,000

Back

milli

Front

Measurement system used by scientists worldwide

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Metric system