Units and Measurement

Which unit would be best to measure the length of a pencil?

• meters

• centimeters

• kilometers

• decimeters

Tags

CCSS.4.MD.A.1

Units used to measure Mass of an object

• Centimeters
• Milliliters
• Grams
• Volume

Tags

CCSS.3.MD.A.2

1,000 g = _______ kg

• 1
• 100
• 0.1
• 100,000

Tags

CCSS.4.MD.A.1

A jug holds 3 liters. Which expression could be used to find the capacity of the jug in milliliters?

• 3 x 10

• 3 x 100

• 3 + 1,000

• 3 x 1,000

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3D

What is the importance for the System of International Units?

• to make people think

• to make measuring harder

• to be different from everyone else

• allows scientist to share data easily

How would you measure the width of a room?

• Kilometer

• centimeters

• millimeter

• meters

How would you measure the distance from your house to school?

• kilometers

• meters

• millimeters

• centimeters

What property is measured in liters?

• volume

• mass

• weight

• grams

How do you calculate density?

• mass divided by volume
• volume divided by mass
• mass times volume
• very carefully

What is mass?

• a measure of the amount of matter an object contains
• a measure of the force of gravity acting on an object
• the amount of space an object takes up
• a temperature scale

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-7