4TH PRIMARY E Unit 2 HOW LONG IS IT? vocabulary (19)

The shorter horizontal measurement of an object

or how WIDE it is (3 feet in this diagram).

• height

• length

• width

• weight

The longer horizontal measurement of an object

or how LONG it is (8 feet in this diagram).

• height

• length

• width

• weight

The vertical measurement of an object

or how HIGH or TALL it is (5 feet in this diagram).

• height

• length

• width

• weight

The measurement of the quantity of matter

and gravitational force of an object,

or how HEAVY it is. (15 kilograms in this photo)

• height

• length

• width

• weight

An instrument used for measuring the WEIGHT

of a substance, nomally in grams/kilograms/pounds/etc.

• scale

• thermometer

• measure

• experiment

An instrument used for measuring the TEMPERATURE

or the amount of HEAT in a substance,

normally in Celsius or Fahrenheit degrees.

• scale

• thermometer

• measure

• experiment

To find out the size, amount or degree of something

by using an instrument marked in standard units.

• scale

• thermometer

• measure

• experiment

To move a liquid from one container to another.

• pour

• float

• measure

• mix

To rest on or near the surface of a liquid without

sinking downwards, due to the buoyancy of the object.

• pour

• float

• measure

• mix

60 of these time measurements equal one MINUTE.

• second

• minute

• hour

• day