PPT-Metric System Notes Directions

First in order to view this presentation properly you must select Slide Show then choose From Beginning Use the arrow keys to change slides Next as you go through the presentation take notes on metric measurement DO NOT WRITE EVERYTHING Read the information . Why do scientists need a standard system of measurements?. Remember that science must be . repeatable. – another scientist has to able to repeat your experiment using the same amounts, concentrations, lengths, weights, etc.. …Oh My!. Science Academy. Winter 2014. Metric System. Pat . Naughtin. : Saving Millions with the Metric System. http://youtu.be/. _lshRAPvPZY. Metric System. The . metric system. . is the standard system of measurement in much of the world and is also used in the sciences in the United States.. Happy Monday!. Warm-up sheet explanation and set-up. Warm-up. Pass out Metric System Unit Objectives. Warm Up (8-24-15). Please get out your warm up sheet and answer the . following questions.. Write down 3 things you know about the metric system.. ~King Henry Died unexpectedly Drinking Chocolate Milk~. Unlike our . English system . of measurement with its feet and inches, quarts and gallons, . the . metric system is very . orderly . All . variations of the units of measure are really just the units multiplied by powers of 10. . Circle the items that you believe are matter:. Table. . Air. Glass. Sound. Light. Sand. Write your own definition of what matter is.. Is It Matter?. What is your definition??. The Metric System Is. The standard system used around the world by scientists.. Why use the Metric System?. - Base of 10, making it easy to Use. - Consistent with other scientists around the world. . Metric system’s base units. -Length: meter (m). -Volume: liter (l). -Mass: kilogram (Kg). . No Cussing!. The following 4-Letter. words are forbidden here:. Inch Mile. Foot Pint. Yard Acre. And we never swear the . BIG F . (use. o. C). Please keep it clean and. Metric. SI System. The International System of Units. System of measurement based on the decimal or powers of 10. The word ’metric’ comes from the French word for ‘measure’. Official name of the metric system is the . international system of measurements. Metric System. The . metric system. . (also known as the international system of units) was introduced by France in . 1799. The United States is the only industrialized country . in the world that . a yard—is . the basis for the metric system. We can . increase. or . decrease. the value of a . base. unit by using a . prefix. 10. m. k. (This is now the same as 10,000 m). SI Units are easier to remember than English units because they are based on multiples of . What do we measure most in science?. English. Metric. Metric Symbol. Foot. Volume. Gallon. Pound. Temperature. Fahrenheit. Metric system. What do we measure most in science?. English. Metric. Metric Symbol. 4 Learning Objective(s) Describe the general relationship between the U.S. customary units and metric units of length, weight/mass, and volume Define the metric prefixes and use them to perform is used . very little in the United States. The metric system does not use . inches, feet. , pounds, and so on, but its units for time and electricity are the same . as those . used now in the United States. How would you measure these objects?. leq. 1: Why do we use metric in science if we don’t use it anywhere else?. English vs. Metric System. English . Used in the U.S. , Myanmar and Liberia. Dates back to the 18.