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The International System of Units
is called "SI" and is the Metric Measurement used in
America.
Everyday
BASE UNITS
and
Derived
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BASE UNIT meter length
Derived UNIT liter volume
WRITING IS EASY.
Symbols like mL or mg
or mm or kg or
cm together
identify prefix and base
or derived
unit
or unit of measure.
Is that academic or what?
BUT
For most everyday experience useful
prefixes are
milli 1 one thousandth (0.001)
from the unit of measure.
centi 1 one hundredth (0.01)
from the unit of measure.
kilo 1000
times as much as
the of the unit of measure.
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DID
YOU KNOW? ( Video)
that you can divide 1 meter
by exactly 10 equal parts
(10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm)...
then make
a cube (1000 cm³) of it to fill with water...
and you will find that it contains
exactly 1 L (1 litre)
(1000 mL)
of water...
and is the mass of exactly 1
kg (1 kilogram) (1000 g).
ALL SIMPLY RELATED IN 10!
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"centimeters,
milliliters, milligrams"
VIDEO CLIP |
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CLICK
ON PICTURES FOR VIDEO LEARNING!
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"The
Metric
System"
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CLICK ON PICTURES
BELOW FOR VIDEO CLIPS
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1 cm³ (1 cubic centimeter) |
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filled with water
contains exactly
1 mL (1 milliliter) |
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and is the
mass of exactly
1 g (1 gram)
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