Units Of Measurement

Question 0

Mass is measured in what unit?

Answer 0

UNIT: Gram or kilogram

Symbol: g or kg

Question 1

Distance/length is measured in what unit?

Answer 1

UNIT: meter

Symbol: m

Question 2

Time is measured in what unit?

Answer 2

UNIT: Second

Symbol: s

Question 3

Count/amount is measured in what?

Answer 3

UNIT: mole

Symbol: mol

Just drop the e and have a lowercase m

Question 4

What is the SI UNIT for temperature?

Answer 4

UNIT: Kelvin

Symbol: K

Question 5

What is the metric unit for temperature? (Temperature = quantity)

Answer 5

UNIT: degrees Celsius

Symbol: (subscript zero in front)C

Question 6

The quantity of Energy is measured in what unit?

Answer 6

UNIT: joule

Symbol: J

Question 7

The quantity of Pressure is measured in what unit?

Answer 7

UNIT: Pascal

Symbol: Pa

Question 8

Volume for a liquid is measured in what?

Answer 8

liters

Symbol: L

Question 9

Volume for a solid or gas is measured in what?

Answer 9

Cubic meter

Symbol: m3 (it is an exponential 3, think “cubic”)

Question 10

The USA uses the

Answer 10

SI UNIT system, not the metric system

Question 11

What quantity is measured by the unit meter?

Answer 11

Distance/length

Question 12

What quantity is measured by grams or kilograms?

Answer 12

Mass

Question 13

What is a quantity?

Answer 13

Property (trait) that can be measured.

Ex.) distance/length, mass, time, temperature, energy, volume, etc.

Question 14

What is a unit?

Answer 14

A measurement used to describe a quantity

Ex.) mole, meter, gram, second

Question 15

What is a symbol?

Answer 15

Some thing, for example, letters, that stands for a word or idea.