1. What system of measurement is used throughout
most of the world today?
2. What is another name for this system
of measurement?
3. The name comes from its base unit of length,
the _______________.
4. SI units are based on multiples of _________.
5. What is the basic unit of length?
6. How many centimeters are there in one meter?
7. How many meters are there in one kilometer?
8. What is volume?
9. What is the SI base unit of volume?
10. What unit is more likely to be used in
science?
11. What is the SI unit for liquid volume?
12. In graduated cylinder which contains liquid,
what is the meniscus?
13. When you read a graduated cylinder, you
read it at the (highest / lowest) point of the meniscus.
14. Why would an object weigh slightly less
at the equator than at the poles?
15. Since weight measurements are unreliable
to use, scientists use a measurement called ____________.
16. Does mass depend on gravity?
17. On what does mass depend?
18. What is the SI basic unit of mass?
19. What scientific instrument is used to
determine an object's mass?
20. What is density?
21.What is the mathematical formula for density?
_________ = mass
volume
22. What is the density of pure water?
23. Materials with densities greater than
that of pure water will (sink / float)
24. Materials with densities less than that
of pure water will (sink / float)
25. What scale is used by scientists to measure
temperature?
26. What is your body temperature on this
scale?
27. What is a thermometer?
28. What is the freezing point on the Celsius
scale?
29. What is the boiling point on the Celsius
scale?
30. What is the SI unit of time?
31. What are three other units of time?
32. What is meant by a standard or universal
system of measurement?