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Measurement Basics

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 1hrs 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is longer: a millimeter or a centimeter?

a)

millimeter

b)

centimeter

2.

How many centimeters are in 6 meters?

a)

100

b)

600

c)

6,000

d)

1,000

3.

Which is longer: 500 centimeters or 5 meters?

a)

500 centimeters

b)

5 meters

c)

They both are equal

4.
What is the length of the ribbon?
a)
9 cm
b)
2 cm
c)
7 cm
d)
11 cm 
5.
How much longer is the pen than the crayon?
a)
20 cm longer
b)
4 cm longer
c)
4 cm shorter
6.
Which is the longest?
a)
meter
b)
kilometer
c)
centimeter
d)
milimeter
7.
285 kg = ____ g
a)
285,000
b)
285
c)
2,850
d)
28,500
8.

What tool measures mass?

a)

graduated cylinder

b)

metric ruler

c)

beam balance

d)

thermometer

9.
7 km = ____cm
a)
70
b)
700
c)
700,000
d)
70,000
10.
270 g = ____ mg
a)
27 mg
b)
270,000 mg
c)
27,000 mg
11.
3,000mg =_______kg
a)
0.3
b)
0.003 kg
c)
0.03
12.

What does this measure?

a)

mass

b)

time

c)

length

d)

temperature

13.

What might you measure using millimeters?

a)

The distance to school.

b)

An insect.

c)

The length of a car.

d)

The length of a football field.

14.

What is the time shown on the stopwatch?

a)

1 hour, 55 minutes and 15 seconds.

b)

1 minute, 55 seconds and 15 microseconds.

c)

155 minutes and 15 microseconds.

15.
The amount of matter in an object is the
a)
mass
b)
volume
c)
length
d)
density
16.

Which temperature in degrees Celsius is closest to standard room temperature?

a)

0 °C

b)

25 °C

c)

50 °C

d)

100 °C

17.

Water boils at a temperature of 100 °C. Use the formula below to convert this temperature to Kelvin.


K = 273 + °C

(a)  

18.

What is the basic SI unit for temperarure

a)

Kelvin

b)

Celsius

c)

Fahrenheit

19.
What temperature in Celsius appears on this thermometer?
a)
10 C⁰
b)
16⁰C
c)
20⁰C
d)
72⁰F
20.

What would you use to measure the mass of this?

a)

Grams

b)

Kilograms

21.

What are fundamental units?

a)

Fundamental units are the units that not dependent upon any other units.

b)

Fundamental units are the units derived from the basic units.

c)

Fundamental units are the units adopted by the SI

d)

Fundamental units are the units that we use every day for physic calculations

22.

What is the preferred system of unit with world wide acceptance?

a)

M.K.S. (meter, kilogram, second)

b)

International System (SI)

c)

C.G.S. (centimeter, gram, second)

d)

National System of Units (NSU)

23.
A temperature scale that is used mostly in United States. 
According to it, water freezes at 32 degrees and boils at 212 degrees.
a)
Celsius
b)
Fahrenheit
c)
Kelvin
d)
All of them
24.

6 days=___________hours

a)

24 hours

b)

48 hours

c)

144 hours

d)

120 hours

25.

Identify the given image

a)

sun dial

b)

stop watch

c)

analogue clock

d)

digital clock