Crash Course Measurement Mystery

After kicking something hard, which of these ideas did NOT come to Sabrina's mind?

• turning on the lights would have been a good idea
• "What did I trip over?"
• "Who left it there?"
• "What time is it?"

Which of these questions was said to be "the essence of so much science"?

• "Where are the jelly beans?"
• "What is this thing?"
• "Who am I?"
• "When is dinner?"

All matter has things we can observe and measure called ___

• mysteries
• investigations
• properties
• volume

Things like feet, pounds, and gallons are called ___

• units
• jelly beans
• systems
• pieces

The International System of Units is also known as ___

• the imperial system
• the metric system
• U.S. customary units
• non-standard units

The metric system uses units such as meters, grams, and ___

• gallons
• liters
• pints
• ounces

A meter is divided into 100 smaller pieces of equal size called ___

• decimeters
• decameters
• millimeters
• centimeters

In the metric system the unit of mass is called ___

• a gram
• an ounce
• a pound
• a meter

A paper clip has a mass of about ___

• a gram
• a kilogram
• a milligram
• a pound

What object was found to be heavy, hard, smooth, and rectangular?

• a tennis racket
• socks
• a stuffed panda
• a science book