Phy World - The Measurement of Matter - Ch 3

Matter is best described by ..

• a definition.
• its length.
• its color.
• its properties.

Two characteristics that all matter has are...

• hardness and volume.
• volume and mass.
• mass and color.
• mass and hardness.

Lord Kelvin stated clearly that the most precise information is communicated by .

• numerical measurements.
• accurate verbal descriptions.
• careful sketches.
• eyewitness accounts.

The English system of measurement is difficult to use because.

• it has so many units for the same thing.
• the units are not easily converted from one to another.
• some of the unit names are the same for different types of measure.
• All of the above are problems with the English system.

The basic unit of length for the metric portion of the Système International (SI) is the...

• gram.
• centimeter.
• meter.
• kilogram.

The prefix centi- stands for ____ times the basic unit.

• 1/10
• 100
• 1/100
• 1/1000

The metric system is a(n) _____ system of measurement.

• binary-based
• decimal-based
• hexadecimal-based
• octal-based

The term for converting to the metric system is called. . .

• metrication.
• meterizing.
• decimalizing.
• decimalication.

The metric prefix that means 1,000,000 times the basic unit is...

• deka-
• hekto-.
• kilo-.
• mega-.

There are _____ millimeters in 2.3 centimeters.

• 0.23
• 23
• 230
• 2300