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The following are the questions for Chapter 1.2 (pages 13 - 18.)  They are the same questions which are
on the worksheet you received in class.
 

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?