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What is length?

A

How long something is end to end

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What is distance?

A

How far it is between two points.

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What is height?

A

How tall something is top to bottom

3
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What is a meter?

A

Standard unit for measuring length in the metric system

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Centimeter

A

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

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Millimeter

A

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

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Kilometer

A

1000 m

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Capacity

A

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

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Liter

A

Standard unit for measuring capacity or volume in the metric system

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Kiloliter

A

1000 L

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Milliliter

A

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

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Syringe, beaker, graduated cylinder

A

Tools for measuring capacity or volume

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Mass

A

How heavy an object is, how much it weighs

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Gram

A

Standard unit for measuring mass in the metric system

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Kilogram

A

1000 g

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What is a balance?

A

Tool for measuring mass (weight)

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Temperature

A

How hot or cold something is

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Thermometer

A

Tool for measuring temperature

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Degrees Celsius

A

Standard unit for measuring temperature in the metric system

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Q

What is the approximate mass of a soda can

A

About 400ml

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What is the approximate temperature of a warm summer day

A

30 degrees Celsius

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Water boils at

A

100 degrees Celsius

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Water freezes at

A

0 degrees Celsius

23
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Body temperature

A

37 degrees Celsius

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Room temperature

A

22 degrees Celsius

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What do you measure in centimeters

A

Length of a pencil
Height of a person
Name ta

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What do you measure in kilograms

A

Weight of a person

Weight of a suitcase

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What do you measure with kilometers

A

Distance between cities

Length of a shoreline

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What do you measure in grams

A

Weight of an eraser

Weight of a marker

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What do you measure in milliliters

A

Capacity of a soda can

A coffee mug

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What do you measure with liters

A

Capacity of a gas tank

Capacity of a fish tank