Fundamental Units/Metric System Quiz

What are fundamental units in the metric system?

• meter, kilogram, second, ampere, kelvin, mole, and candela

• yard, pound, minute, volt, gram, liter, radian

• mile, ounce, hour, watt, gram, liter, radian

• inch, pound, minute, volt, gram, liter, radian

Why isn't volume one of the seven fundamental units in the SI System?

• Volume units in liters are not used very often.

• Since 1 g = 1 mL for every substance, you could always use mass units.

• Measuring with mL hardly ever happens in the lab.

• You could measure dimensions using a meter if you had to and then use a math formula to find the volume.

Convert 500 millimeters to meters.

• 50

• 0.5

• 5

• 5000

Convert 2 kilometers to meters.

• 2000

• 20000

• 20

• 200

What is the prefix for 10^6 in the metric system?

• kilo

• giga

• mega

• tera

What is the prefix that means 1/1000th in the metric system?

• milli

• centi

• kilo

• micro

What is the fundamental unit for length in the metric system?

• meter

• centimeter

• kilometer

• inch

What is the fundamental unit for mass in the metric system?

• liter

• pound

• gram

• kilogram

Convert 100 grams to kilograms.

• 1000

• 1

• 10

• 0.1

Convert 5 kilograms to grams.

• 5000

• 50000

• 500

• 50