Name: _________________
Metric Mania
Class Period: ___
Length
1. Which is longer? Circle your choice for each one.
1 mile or 1 kilometer
1 yard or 1 meter
1 inch or 1 centimeter
2. The basic unit of length in the metric system is the meter and is represented by a lowercase m.
3. Metric Units- Length
1 km = 100 m
1m = 100 cm
1 m= 1000 mm
4. Which is larger? Circle your choice for each one.
A. 1 meter or 105 centimeters
C. 12 centimeters or 102 millimeters
B. 4 kilometers or 4400 meters
D. 1200 millimeters or 1 meter
5. Prefixes -- When you add a prefix to a base unit it changes its value!
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Kilometer
Hectometer
Decameter
Meter
Decimeter
Centimeter
Millimeter
km = 1000
hm = 100
dam = 10
m =1
dm = .1
cm = .01
mm = .001
Volume
6. Volume is the amount of space an object takes up.
7. The base unit of volume in the metric system in the liter and is represented by L or l.
8. Metric Units- Volume
1 L = 1000 mL
1 mL = 1 cm3 = 1 gram
9. Which is larger? Circle your choice for each one.
A. 1 liter or 1500 milliliters
B. 200 milliliters or 1.2 liters
C. 12 cm3 or 1.2 milliliters
10. We will be using graduated cylinders to find the volume of liquids and other objects.
11. The name of the curve you see at the top of a liquid in a cylinder is the meniscus.
12. We can measure the volume of regular object using the formula length x width x height.
13. The volume of the cube is
__________ x __________ x ___________ = ____________
14. We can measure the volume of irregular object using water displacement.
15. Displacement
Amount of H2O without object = ______
Amount of H2O with object = ______
Difference = Volume = ______
16. What is the volume of the rock?
_____________ - ____________ = ______________
Mass
17. Mass refers to the amount of matter in an object.
18. The base unit of mass in the metric system in the kilogram and is represented by kg.
19. Metric Units- Mass
1 kg = 1000 g
1g = 1000 mg
20. Which is larger? Circle your choice for each one.
A. 1 kilogram or 1500 grams
C. 12 milligrams or 12 kilograms
B. 1200 milligrams or 1 gram
D. 4 kilograms or 4500 grams
21. We will be using triple-beam balances to find the mass of various objects.
22. How to Use a Triple Beam Balance:
1st – Place your object on the scale.
2nd –Slide the large weight to the right until the arm drops below the line. Move the rider back
one groove. Make sure it “locks” into place.
3rd – Repeat this process with the top weight. When the arm moves below the line, back it up
one groove.
4th – Slide the small weight on the front beam until the lines match up.
5th – Add the amounts on each beam to find the total mass to the nearest tenth of a gram.