Measuring Matter

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What is the system used by scientist to keep their measurements as accurate as possible?

• internal system

• metric system

• standard system

• power of ten system

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What are the benefits of using this system?

• Based on powers of 10

• based on made up numbrs

• not widely used

• based on real numbers of 1

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What is the unit for length?

• inches

• yards

• feet

• meters

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What is definition of length?

• distance between 2 points

• how long it takes to get from point a to point b

• how many times it takes to run around a house

• how much is cost to get in

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What is the SI unit for weight?

• pounds

• ounces

• newtons

• grams

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What is the definition of weight?

• mass of an object

• measure of force of gavity on an object

• measure of length of an object

• measure of mass an object has

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What is mass?

• The amount of matter in an object

• The amount of force on an object produced by gravity.

• The distance between two objects

• The amount of liquid in an object

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How do we measure mass?

• newtons

• triple beam balance

• spring scale

• graduated cylinder

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What is volume?

• The amount of matter in an object

• the distance between two points

• the amount of space matter occupies

• the amount time it takes to run to UK.

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How do we measure volume?

• liters

• ounces

• fluid ounces

• grams

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What is density?

• the ratio of matter to volume

• the ratio of good to bad

• the ratio of matter to mass

• The ratio of mass to volume

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How do we measure density?

• d=m/v

• m=d/m

• d=v/m

• m=m/d

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What is temperature?

• the average measure of distance traveled from the sun

• the average energy of motion of particles in an object

• how hot or cold something is

• the measure of heat of an object

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How do we measure temperature?

• Celcius

• Fahrenheit

• degrees

• timing