Metric Vocabulary

Question 1

UNIT OF TEMPERATURE THAT IS COMMONLY USED BY SCIENTISTS

Answer 1

CELSIUS

Question 2

UNIT USED IN LAB TO MEASURE MASS

Answer 2

GRAM

Question 3

The SI unit for temperature, used in advanced measurements

Answer 3

KELVIN

Question 4

PREFIX ADDED TO METRIC UNITS THAT MEANS “1000”

Answer 4

KILO

Question 5

SI UNIT FOR MEASURING LIQUID VOLUME

Answer 5

LITER

Question 6

MILLI

Answer 6

PREFIX ADDED TO METRIC UNITS THAT MEANS “1/1000”

Question 7

NEWTON

Answer 7

SI UNIT OF WEIGHT

Question 8

CENTI

Answer 8

PREFIX ADDED TO METRIC UNITS THAT MEANS “1/100”

Question 9

WEIGHT

Answer 9

MEASURE OF THE FORCE OF GRAVITY ON AN OBJECT

Question 10

TRIPLE BEAM BALANCE

Answer 10

TOOL USED TO MEASURE MASS IN THE LAB

Question 11

MASS

Answer 11

MEASURE OF THE AMOUNT OF MATTER IN AN OBJECT

Question 12

VOLUME

Answer 12

MEASURE OF THE AMOUNT OF SPACE AN OBJECT TAKES UP

Question 13

THERMOMETER

Answer 13

TOOL USED TO MEASURE TEMPERATURE

Question 14

SPRING SCALE

Answer 14

TOOL USED TO MEASURE WEIGHT

Question 15

GRADUATED CYLINDER

Answer 15

TOOL USED TO MEASURE VOLUME

Question 16

QUANTITATIVE DATA

Answer 16

DATA OR OBSERVATIONS THAT USE NUMBERS AND MEASURABLE RESULTS. THIS DATA IS NEEDED FOR A VALID EXPERIMENT

Question 17

QUALITATIVE DATA

Answer 17

DATA OR OBSERVATIONS THAT USE THE 5 SENSES TO OBSERVE: COLOR, FEELINGS, TOUCH, APPEARANCE, ETC.

Question 18

METER

Answer 18

UNIT THAT MEASURES LENGTH