Conversions and measurement

Question 1

What is the base measurement for time?

Answer 1

Seconds

s

Question 2

What is mass?

Answer 2

The amount of matter in an object

Question 3

What is volume?

Answer 3

The amount of space an object takes up

Question 4

What is density?

Answer 4

Mass per unit volume

The distance between particles in an object

Question 5

What is the base measurement for length?

Answer 5

Meters

Question 6

What is the base measurement for electric current?

Answer 6

Ampere

A

Question 7

What is the base measurement for temperature?

Answer 7

Kelvin

K

Question 8

What is the base measurement for light intensity?

Answer 8

Candela

cd

Question 9

What is the base measurement for the amount of matter in a substance?

Answer 9

Mole

mol

Question 10

What is the base measurement for mass?

Answer 10

Kilogram

kg

Question 11

What is the prefix for /1000?

Answer 11

Kilo

10^3

Question 12

What is the prefix for /100 000?

Answer 12

Mega

10^6

Question 13

What is the prefix for /100 000 000?

Answer 13

Giga

10^9

Question 14

What is the prefix for x1000?

Answer 14

milli

10^-3

Question 15

What is the prefix for x100 000?

Answer 15

micro

10^-6

Question 16

What is the prefix for x100 000 000?

Answer 16

nano

10^-9

Question 17

What is the prefix for da?

Answer 17

deka

Question 18

What is the prefix for h?

Answer 18

hecto

Question 19

What is the prefix for k?

Answer 19

kilo

Question 20

What is the prefix for d?

Answer 20

deci

Question 21

What is the prefix for c?

Answer 21

centi

Question 22

What is the prefix for m?

Answer 22

milli

Question 23

What is the prefix for μ?

Answer 23

micro

Question 24

What is the prefix for n?

Answer 24

nano

Question 25

What is the prefix for M?

Answer 25

Mega

Question 26

What is the prefix for G?

Answer 26

Giga

Question 27

What is metric measurement based on?

Answer 27

The number ten

Question 28

What are derived units?

Answer 28

They are values that do not have base units, they can only measured by calculations.

Question 29

What are the derived units?

Answer 29

Volume Density Speed

Question 30

What is the measurement for volume?

Answer 30

Length x width x height | m^3

Question 31

What is the measurement for density?

Answer 31

Mass / volume | g/cm^3

Question 32

What is the measurement for speed?

Answer 32

Distance/time | km/h

Question 33

What is scientific notation?

Answer 33

It is a way of writing very large and very small numbers

Question 34

How do you write scientific notation?

Answer 34

Write the number as a decimal with a single digit before the comma Write x10 The exponent will be however many places the comma jumped If you have a really small decimal number to start with, your exponent will negative

Question 35

How do you convert measurements?

Answer 35

If you are converting from a small unit to a bigger unit, divide. If you are converting from a big unit to a small unit, multiply.

Question 36

What is 0K in °C?

Answer 36

-273,15