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WorksheetsWhy the Metric System Matters
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 9mins
Before the Middle Ages, most countries used the same measurement system
True
False
NASA crashed a spaceship into Mars because they used the wrong conversion units
True
False
What historical event was pivotal in the adoption of a unified measurement system?
The 1918 Flu Epidemic
The French Revolution
The 1846 Potato Famine
World War I
What defines our current ‘standard’ for one meter?
The length of a pendulum arm that takes 1 second to swing from left to right
The distance equal to 1/10,000,000 the distance between the Equator and North Pole
The distance light travels in a tiny fraction of a second
The distance a 1 kilogram object travels in one second when acted on by a force of 1 newton
The word meter derives from a Greek word that means:
Global
Stride
Hearth
Measure
Which of the following is NOT an advantage of the metric system?
It helps to streamline trade between different countries
It has been officially adopted by every country around the globe
It provides a common language to discuss scientific data
It is based on measurements from the world itself and not arbitrary standards
What circumstances during the French Revolution permitted the metric system to gain a foothold?
Why hasn’t the United States of America switched to the metric system yet?
