Chapter 2 Section 2 - Units of Measurement

Question 1

What is the SI base unit for length?

Answer 1

Meter

Question 2

What is the SI base unit for mass?

Answer 2

Kilogram

Question 3

Something that has magnitude, size, or amount.

Answer 3

Quantity

Question 4

What is the SI base unit for temperature?

Answer 4

Kelvin

Question 5

What is the SI unit of volume?

Answer 5

Cubic meters

Question 6

A measure of the amount of matter present in something.

Answer 6

Mass

Question 7

A force that results from the pull of gravity on a mass.

Answer 7

Weight

Question 8

Units that result from combining SI base units.

Answer 8

Derived units

Question 9

The amount of mass per unit volume

Answer 9

Density

Question 10

Volume unit that is equivalent to 1 cubic centimeter.

Answer 10

1 mL

Question 11

Metric prefix meaning “1000 times larger.”

Answer 11

Kilo

Question 12

Metric prefix meaning “100 times smaller.”

Answer 12

Centi

Question 13

Metric prefix meaning “1,000 times smaller.”

Answer 13

Milli

Question 14

Metric prefix meaning “1,000,000 times smaller.”

Answer 14

Micro

Question 15

Metric prefix meaning “1,000,000,000 times smaller.”

Answer 15

Nano

Question 16

Which temperature scale is an absolute scale (no negative values)?

Answer 16

Kelvin