Study guide

Question 0

What is length?

Answer 0

How long something is end to end

Question 1

What is distance?

Answer 1

How far it is between two points.

Question 2

What is height?

Answer 2

How tall something is top to bottom

Question 3

What is a meter?

Answer 3

Standard unit for measuring length in the metric system

Question 4

Centimeter

Answer 4

1/100 of a meter (100 cm=1 M)

Question 5

Millimeter

Answer 5

1/1000 of a meter (1000mm=1 m)

Question 6

Kilometer

Answer 6

1000 m

Question 7

Capacity

Answer 7

How much liquid an object can hold when it’s full

Question 8

Liter

Answer 8

Standard unit for measuring capacity or volume in the metric system

Question 9

Kiloliter

Answer 9

1000 L

Question 10

Milliliter

Answer 10

1/1000 of a liter (1000 ml=1 L)

Question 11

Syringe, beaker, graduated cylinder

Answer 11

Tools for measuring capacity or volume

Question 12

Mass

Answer 12

How heavy an object is, how much it weighs

Question 13

Gram

Answer 13

Standard unit for measuring mass in the metric system

Question 14

Kilogram

Answer 14

1000 g

Question 15

What is a balance?

Answer 15

Tool for measuring mass (weight)

Question 16

Temperature

Answer 16

How hot or cold something is

Question 17

Thermometer

Answer 17

Tool for measuring temperature

Question 18

Degrees Celsius

Answer 18

Standard unit for measuring temperature in the metric system

Question 19

What is the approximate mass of a soda can

Answer 19

About 400ml

Question 20

What is the approximate temperature of a warm summer day

Answer 20

30 degrees Celsius

Question 21

Water boils at

Answer 21

100 degrees Celsius

Question 22

Water freezes at

Answer 22

0 degrees Celsius

Question 23

Body temperature

Answer 23

37 degrees Celsius

Question 24

Room temperature

Answer 24

22 degrees Celsius

Question 25

What do you measure in centimeters

Answer 25

Length of a pencil Height of a person Name ta

Question 26

What do you measure in kilograms

Answer 26

Weight of a person | Weight of a suitcase

Question 27

What do you measure with kilometers

Answer 27

Distance between cities | Length of a shoreline

Question 28

What do you measure in grams

Answer 28

Weight of an eraser | Weight of a marker

Question 29

What do you measure in milliliters

Answer 29

Capacity of a soda can | A coffee mug

Question 30

What do you measure with liters

Answer 30

Capacity of a gas tank | Capacity of a fish tank