Grade 6, Class Science, Chapter 2 Flashcards
At what temperature does water freeze and boil in Fahrenheit and Celsius scale?
Freezing point 0 celsius, 32 fahrenheit
Boiling Point 100 celsius, 212 fahrenheit
What do the metric and prefixes mean?
Mili-1,000 times
Centi-100 times smaller
Kilo-100 times bigger
The amount of space between two points is called distance. A unit is a specific quantity that is counted to make a measurement.
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What is the difference between mass and weight?
The difference is that mass is the amount of matter and weight is the measure of mass and the force on an a object.
Units of time and how they relate to each other for example 24 hours equals one day
Statement 1 min=60 sec 1 hr= 60 min 1 day= 24hr 1 year=365 days 1 century= 100 years
Know how to convert celsius to fahrenheit and fahrenheit to celsius
FAHRENHEIT=T = (9/5xCELSIUS)+32
CELSIUS=T =5/9(FAHRENHEIT - 32)
Coversions: 100cm=\_\_\_meters 250cm=\_\_\_meters 5meters=\_\_\_cm 1.5meters=\_\_\_cm
100cm=1meter
250cm=2.5
5meters=500cm
1.5=150cm
A beaker is used to measure__(volume, height, temperature, distance, mass)
A beaker is used to measure mass
The basic distance unit in the SI system is __________
meter
To find a volume of an object, you must _______
find the volume: length x width x height
Length is the unit identified by ___________
length, width, and height
Length in the English system is identified by _______
inch, foot, yards, mile
The basic distance unit in the SI system is ____
The basic distance unit in SI system is meter
To find the of an object you must ___
Length x Width x Height
Length in the English system is identified by___
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