Understand Metric Units

To measure how heavy an object is, we use the following unit:

• Millilitre

• Kilometre

• Kilogram

• Meter per second

The volume of an object is the:

• The amount of space that an object occupies

• How heavy is an object

• How long is an object

• How much a container holds

Mass measures:

• The amount of space that an object occupies

• How heavy is an object

• How long is an object

• How much a container holds

The capacity of a container is:

• The amount of space that the container occupies

• How heavy is the container

• How long is the container

• How much does the container hold

The temperature is:

• How cold or hot the place or the object is

• The amount of space occupied by the object

• How long an object is

• The amount of matter in the object

Which of these units is a unit of length?

• Millimetre

• Kilogram

• Millilitre

• Metre cubed

The electronic balance is used to measure the:

• Temperature

• Mass

• Capacity

• Length

Reorder the following. start with the smallest unit

• meter

• millimeter

• centimeter

• kilometer

The measuring cylinder is used to meausre:

• The volume of liquids

• The length of objects

• The mass of objects

• The volume of a cube

Match the unit with the measurement type

• Kilogram

• Mass

• Meter

• Length

• Celsius

• Capacity

• Litre

• Temperature