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SI Measurements

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Complete the Knowledge check- yes even if you're in class

Poll

Based on the story- Was the system standardized? Was it effective?

• Effective- Yes

  Standardized- no

• Effective- No

  Standardized- Yes

• Effective- Yes

  Standardized- Yes

• Effective- No

  Standardized- No

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International System of Units (Standard International) ​

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- system of measurement used by scientists in ​

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- measurements are​

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Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

SI

every country

Standardized

the same

Multiple Choice

Open your notes to Appendix H

Fill in your notes chart on page 108

Which of the following is used to measure small amounts? (something tiny)

• Kilo

• Centi

• Deca

• Measurement

• Can be a decimal but doesn't have to be

Number

How many times to multiply the base by 10

Prefix

• Tells you what characteristic was measured

• NO prefix for the base units

• length= meters

• volume= liters

• mass= grams
  

Base unit

Labelling

Label the parts of the SI measurement

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

Base Unit

Prefix

Measurement

abbreviated prefix

abbreviated base unit

Categorize

Options (8)

G

da

c

d

1000000000000

10

0.01

0.1

Use the Picture to guide you through the category information

giga

deka

centi

deci

Match

Match the following Write the informaiton in your notes

• meter

• liter- volume

• gram

• meter-not the letter

• mass- not the letter

m

L

g

length

gram

• m

• L

• g

• length

• gram

Multiple Choice

What is used to measure larger amounts?

• Mili

• Centi

• Hecto

Labelling

Place the metric prefixes in the correct spots of the conversion staircase:

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

kilo-

deci-

milli-

hecto-

centi-

deka-

1. Align one end of the line or object with the 0 marker.

2. Observe how many cm marks the line passes (long).

3. Observe how many shorter marks the line extends across past the final cm mark.

4. Estimate how much space the line covers between the short marks.

Hint -the small hash marks show millimeters.

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How to measure:

Multiple Select

How long is the line?

There are 2 correct answers- Use the appendix H in your OneNote for guidance (it is tricky).

• 4.01 cm

• 4.2 cm

• 42cm

• 42mm