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|2.1 |What is measurement? |
|A measurement is a ___________ that | |
|includes a unit. | |
|Name 1 type of unit that is used in the| |
|metric system. | |
|Name 1 type of unit that is used in the| |
|English system. | |
|Write your height in centimeters. Use | |
|arrows to identify the measurement and | |
|the unit. | |
| |A history of measuring systems |
|Why is the English system difficult? | |
| | |
|The metric system is a base-10 system. | |
|What does that mean? | |
|What does SI units stand for? | |
| |More SI Units |
|What is the basic SI unit for distance?| |
|Which SI unit of measurement would you | |
|use to measure the | |
|thickness of a flower stem? | |
|length of your textbook? | |
|distance from your house to school? | |
| |Volume and Mass |
|What does volume measure? | |
|Write the formula for a rectangular | |
|solid. | |
|What is the basic SI unit for volume? | |
|What is the basic SI unit for mass? | |
|2.1 |Section Review Questions |
|1. How many milliliters are in a | |
|liter? | |
|2. What prefix increases an SI unit | |
|1,000 times? | |
|3. If you were going to measure the | |
|length of your foot, would you use mm, | |
|cm, or m? Why? | |
|4. Find the volume of a room that | |
|measures 8 meters wide, 5 meters long, | |
|and 4 meters high. | |
Name _______________________
Period ____
Metric Measurement
1. What is one benefit of using the International System of Units?
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
2. Which SI unit best describes the volume of gasoline in a car?
A. meters B. liters C. kilograms D. cups
3. What is the basic SI unit for length? __________________
for mass? __________________
for volume? __________________
4. The metric system is based on what number? ______
Match the object with the BEST unit of measure for that object.
5. ______ 3 millimeters a. the height of a skyscraper
6. ______ 800 meters b. the distance from L.A. to New York City
7. ______ 1000 kilometers c. the diameter of a dime
8. ______ 70 liters d. the weight of an elephant
9. ______ 500 milliliters e. the volume of a small bottle of water
10. _____ 5 milligrams f. the volume of water in a bathtub
11. _____ 5 grams g. the weight of a piece of paper
12. _____ 900 kilograms h. the weight of a cookie
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|2.2 Notes |More Measurements |
| |Mass and Weight |
|What is matter? | |
|What is mass? | |
|What is weight? | |
|Complete the table |MASS vs. WEIGHT |
| |MASS |
| |WEIGHT |
| | |
| |Measures the __________ of matter in an object |
| |Measures the force of __________ on an object |
| | |
| |Stays the _________ regardless of position or location |
| |___________ and depends on position or location |
| | |
| |Measured using a _____________ |
| | |
| |Measured using a _________ |
| | |
| |Measuring Temperature |
|The United States is one of the | |
|________ countries that still use the | |
|__________ scale. | |
|Most countries, scientists, and | |
|engineers use the ___________ scale. | |
|Complete the table to compare the |Celsius |
|Celsius and Fahrenheit scales. | |
| |Fahrenheit |
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| | |
| |Water boils |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| |Normal human body temperature |
| | |
| | |
| | |
| |Comfortable room temperature |
| | |
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| | |
| |Water freezes |
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| | |
|Convert 25°C to °F. | |
|You are doing a science experiment with| |
|a Fahrenheit thermometer. Your data | |
|must be in degrees Celsius. If you | |
|measure a temperature of 86°F, what is | |
|this temperature in degrees Celsius? | |
|2.2 |Section Review |
|Name three measuring tools used in | |
|science. | |
|What is the difference between mass and| |
|weight? | |
|2.3 |Systems and Variables |
|Write the definitions for: | |
| | |
|System | |
| | |
|Variable | |
|Write two examples of a system. | |
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| | |
| | |
|What is an independent variable? | |
| | |
|What is a dependent variable? | |
| | |
|What is a control variable? | |
| | |
|An experiment is being conducted to | |
|determine if the height of a ramp | |
|increases the speed of a toy car. The| |
|mass of the cars is the same. | |
|What kind of variable is the ramp | |
|height? | |
|What kind of variable is the mass of | |
|the car? | |
|What kind of variable is the speed of | |
|the car? | |
|2.4 |Graphs |
|A graph is a picture that shows how | |
|two _______________ are related. | |
|Why are graphs used more often than a| |
|table of numbers? | |
|On which axis does the independent | |
|variable belong on a graph? | |
|On which axis does the dependent | |
|variable belong on a graph? | |
|What are the three most commonly used| |
|types of graph? | |
| | |
|Answer # 3 from page 45 of your |3a. |
|textbook. |b. |
| |c. |
|What are the 7 parts of a graph? | |
| | |
| | |
|Make a line graph for the following | |
|data: | |
|(Be sure to use all 7 parts) | |
| | |
|Ramp Height | |
|(cm) | |
|Car Speed | |
|(miles per hour) | |
| | |
|10 | |
|5 | |
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|20 | |
|6.5 | |
| | |
|30 | |
|8 | |
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|40 | |
|9.5 | |
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