MEASUREMENT AND SCIENCE STUDY GUIDE The purpose of this unit is to explain the basic units of measurements in the metric system. Students will practice using the tools and equipment used to measure in the metric system as well as the S.I. units of measurement. There are two measurement systems used in the United States, The English or US. system, and The Metric System. The metric system is almost completely coherent, whereas the English system is not coherent at all! We will spend the entire year looking solely at the metric system of measurement that is based on the standard prefixes and powers of 10. It has base units for length, volume, mass, etc,, and is more consistent than other systems of measurement. ESSENTIAL QUESTION: Why do scientists use the metric system of measurement? LEARNING OBJECTIVES: -Understand the relationships between units within the metric system. -Represent quantities using different units. -Understand the basic measurement ideas that lead to accurate measurement. -Identify the correct SI units of measurement for mass, weight, length, volume, temperature , and density. -Use metric units to measure various data. VOCABULARY Metric system -volume -mass -weight Density -temperature -length -millimeter Centimeter -meter -kilometer -light year Meniscus -milliliter -newton -eravity Kilogram -gram --Celsius -Kelvin sI milli -centi -deci kilo -hanometer -absolute zero -angstrom -micrometer :2. LENGTH: Know the definition Know the basic unit of measurement-meter, millimeter, centimeter, angstrom, micrometers or nanometers, kilometers, and the light-year, 3. VOLUME: study your notes and information on the outline I provided. know the definition unit of measurement-liter, milliliter, cubic centimeter How to find the volume of a liquid Lab tool- read meniscus How to find the volume ofa rectangular solid Formula- tool- unit of measure How to find the volume of an irregular solid Procedure-tool-unit of measure 4. MASS- Study your notes and review information. Know the definition How is it different from volume? Basic unit of measurement-kilogram, gram Lab tool used to find the mass of an object Mass-is a constant why?(know the difference between mass and weight), 5. WEIGHT-study your notes and information provided. know the definition the basic unit of measurement know that weight is a force weight changes depending on location of an object- Why? 6. DENSITY: study your notes and information from text, Know the definition Understand the relationship between mass and volume to density Formula Density of water.