PASS Objective
Process Skills
Name ______
Teacher ______Introducing Metrics and Measuring Length
Science Hour ____
Date ______
1. What do the initials SI stand for? ______
2. Why are prefixes used with base units? ______
3. SI units are based on multiples of ______.
4. Prefixes measure what value? ______
5. The basic unit of length is ______.
6. The SI units for length are the ______, ______, ______,
______, ______, ______and ______.
7. What does the prefix centi mean? ______
8. How many cm are in 1 m? ______
9. What does the prefix deci mean? ______
10. How many dm are in 1m? ______
11. What does the prefix milli mean? ______
12. How many mm are in 1 m ? ______
13. What does the prefix kilo mean? ______
14. One m is what part of a km ? ______
15. How many m are in 1 km ? ______
16. What does the prefix deca mean? ______
17. How many m are in dam? ______
18. One m is what part of a dam ? ______
19. What does the prefix hecto mean ? ______
20. How many m are in 1 hm ? ______
** Make sure you label the units on questions # 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, and 20 .
21. Measure this line in mm and cm. ______mm
______cm
22. Measure the sides of this triangle using mm, cm, dm and m. A. ______mm
B ______cm
B. ______mm
A ______cm
C. ______mm
______cm
C ______dm
______m
23. Measure the sides of this drawing using mm, cm, dm, m and km.
B
A. ______mm C. ______mm
______cm ______cm
A C ______dm
______m
C. ______mm D. ______mm ______cm ______cm
______dm ______dm
D ______m ______m
24. Measure the sides of this object.
B
A. ______mm B. ______mm
______cm ______cm A C ______m ______dm
______m
D
C. ______mm D. ______mm E. ______m
E ______cm ______cm ______cm
______dm ______dm ______dm
______m ______m ______km