SI Metric System

What does kilo mean?

• thousand
• hundred
• ten
• ten thousand

What is the basic unit of length in the metric system?

• gram

• meter

• Litre

• cm³

What is the basic unit of mass in the metric system?

• gram

• meter

• Litre

• cm³

The abbreviation for kilogram is _______.

• KG
• Kl
• cg
• kg

The abbreviation for millimeter is ________.

• mm
• mi
• MM
• ml

Why was the metric system created?

• to pick a fight with another country
• to standardize measurements
• to create a competing measurement system
• so that we have two systems to learn in school

The International System (SI) is organized based on...

• tens
• hundreds
• thousands
• tenths

A good scientist should always communicate findings, regardless of the outcome of an experiment.  
T or F?

• True
• False
• Huh?

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-1

kilo- means...

• 10
• 1000
• 0
• 100

3 cm = ? mm

• 30
• 300
• 3000
• 0.3