What is length?
How long something is end to end
What is distance?
How far it is between two points.
What is height?
How tall something is top to bottom
What is a meter?
Standard unit for measuring length in the metric system
Centimeter
1/100 of a meter (100 cm=1 M)
Millimeter
1/1000 of a meter (1000mm=1 m)
Kilometer
1000 m
Capacity
How much liquid an object can hold when it’s full
Liter
Standard unit for measuring capacity or volume in the metric system
Kiloliter
1000 L
Milliliter
1/1000 of a liter (1000 ml=1 L)
Syringe, beaker, graduated cylinder
Tools for measuring capacity or volume
Mass
How heavy an object is, how much it weighs
Gram
Standard unit for measuring mass in the metric system
Kilogram
1000 g
What is a balance?
Tool for measuring mass (weight)
Temperature
How hot or cold something is
Thermometer
Tool for measuring temperature
Degrees Celsius
Standard unit for measuring temperature in the metric system
What is the approximate mass of a soda can
About 400ml
What is the approximate temperature of a warm summer day
30 degrees Celsius
Water boils at
100 degrees Celsius
Water freezes at
0 degrees Celsius
Body temperature
37 degrees Celsius
Room temperature
22 degrees Celsius
What do you measure in centimeters
Length of a pencil
Height of a person
Name ta
What do you measure in kilograms
Weight of a person
Weight of a suitcase
What do you measure with kilometers
Distance between cities
Length of a shoreline
What do you measure in grams
Weight of an eraser
Weight of a marker
What do you measure in milliliters
Capacity of a soda can
A coffee mug
What do you measure with liters
Capacity of a gas tank
Capacity of a fish tank