Imperial vs Metric System Quiz

Who led the design team for the Saturn V rocket?

• C. A German engineer

• B. An American engineer

• D. A French engineer

• A. A British engineer

What caused the Mars Climate Orbiter to enter Mars orbit at a lower altitude than intended?

• B. Conversion error between metric and imperial units

• A. Thruster malfunction

• C. Software bug

• D. Human error

How many base units of measurement are there in the metric system?

• D. 8

• A. 5

• B. 6

• C. 7

What is the length of the path travelled by light in a vacuum in 1/299 792 458 of a second?

• D. 1 foot

• C. 1 mile

• B. 1 kilometer

• A. 1 meter

How many grams are there in a kilogram?

• C. 10,000

• B. 1000

• D. 1,000,000

• A. 100

How many ounces are there in a pound?

• D. 20

• C. 16

• B. 12

• A. 8

What is the legal definition of a foot in the imperial system?

• D. 0.9144 meters

• C. 0.6096 meters

• B. 0.254 meters

• A. 0.3048 meters

What is the legal definition of a pound in the imperial system?

• A. 0.45359237 kilograms

• D. 2.26791185 kilograms

• B. 0.90718474 kilograms

• C. 1.81436948 kilograms

What is the frequency of radiation that will cause an electron to jump between two closely spaced low-energy states in a cesium-133 atom?

• B. Planck's constant

• D. Gravitational constant

• A. Hyperfine transition frequency

• C. Speed of light in a vacuum

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What is the language of science that transcends the realm of humans?

• A. Imperial system

• D. International system

• B. Metric system

• C. Customary system