Measurement Quick Check

Measuring system based on the meter, liter, and gram

• metric system

• customary system

• English system

the amount of space that an object occupies

• volume

• mass

• length

• temperature

metric unit of volume

• liter

• gram

• meter

• Celsius

a measure of how much matter is in an object

• volume

• mass

• length

• temperature

metric unit of mass

• liter

• gram

• meter

• celsius

measure of a distance between 2 points

• volume

• mass

• length

• temperature

metric unit of length or distance

• liter

• gram

• meter

• Celsius

the average amount of energy of motion in the molecules of a substance

• volume

• mass

• length

• temperature

the metric unit for temperature

• liter

• gram

• meter

• Celsius

Which SI unit would be most appropriate for recording the length of a typical classroom?

• gram

• kilogram

• meter

• kilometer