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1
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Is a system of standard measurement that is used worldwide.

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International System of Units or SI

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How do you find the volume of a rectangular object?

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Volume = Length x Width x Height

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What is a measure of force or pull on the matter in an object?

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Weight

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What measures the amount of matter in an object?

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Mass

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What is the distance between two points?

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Length

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The action of immersing something in a liquid

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Immersion

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How can you find the volume of an irregular object?

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Immersion

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The amount of space an object fills

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Volume

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The SI unit for force is:

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Newton (N)

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What does time tell?

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How long it takes an event to happen

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What is temperature?

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How hot or cold an object is

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The amount of change in one measurement that takes place in a given amount of time.

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Rate

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13
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What does weight depend on?

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the objects mass

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14
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What is water displacement?

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When you place an object in water and watch it float

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15
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What is Absolute 0?

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The lowest possible temperature

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The Kelvin scale starts at?

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0 Kelvin or absolute 0 which is the coldest possible temperature.

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Units of Measurement

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18
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What does a kilogram (kg) measure?

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Mass

19
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What does a meter (m) measure?

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Length

20
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What does a second (sec) measure?

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Time

21
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What are other measurements of time?

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Hour or Minute

22
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What is the ladder method?

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KHDBDCM (King Henry Died by Drinking Chocolate Milk)

23
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What is used to measure electric current?

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Ampere (A)

24
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What is used to measure the amount of substance?

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Mole (mol)

25
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What is used to measure the intensity of light?

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Candela (cd)

26
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Are mass and weight the same?

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NO

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