PPT-Metric Conversions and Calculating Density

  Metric Base Units of Measure   Mass gram g Volume liter L Length meter m Time second s   Know your metric prefixes   kilo. 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.. A.S. 1.1.1 – 1.1.3. Is the US a metric country? Should it be?. Read the article you’ve been handed with these two questions in mind.. 5. minutes—. silent . read and take notes.. Turn and talk to your group members (you all had the same article)—2 minutes. Chapter 4. MAT 119. Objectives. Recall from memory the metric and household approximate equivalents.. Convert among units of measurement within the same system.. Convert units of measurement from one system to another.. Unit 5. Measurement – Derived Units. Area and volume units (1.10). Density (1.11). Temperature scales and their . interconversion. (1.12). Energy units and their . interconversion. (1.12). Area and Volume Measurements (1.10). T. Trimpe 2008 http://sciencespot.net/. So How Do I Do A Metric Conversion?. We will be using a method called The Stair-step Method of Metric Conversion.. It requires two things; one, that you be able to count to 6, and two, that you know your left from your right.. WHY DO WE USE THE METRIC SYSTEM?. Almost all other countries are using the metric system. Other countries’ companies are refusing to buy products from the U.S. if not labeled in metric units. Scientists need a universal way to communicate data (SI Units). 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 . Answer the following questions!. You may use your notes from yesterday.. How . many significant figures are in each number?. 1.23. 0.0045. 0.100. 9.001. Write . the following in Scientific Notation.. T. Trimpe 2008 http://sciencespot.net/. Purpose of the Metric System:. The metric system is a system of weights and . measures implemented . in 1795 in France. .. Scientists . around the world use it as the international standard to clearly communicate data.. Physical Science is the study of the things around you. . It has to do with . matter. and . energy. .. What is Matter?. Matter is anything that . takes up space. Can you think of examples of matter?. All scientific measurements are made using the Metric System.. It is also called the SI System (La Systeme International d’Unites). The . United . States is the only major country that does not use this system.. MAT – LENGTHS METRIC CONVERSIONS 1 centi meter = 10 milli meter s 1 cm = 10 mm 1 meter = 100 centi meter s 1 m = 100 cm 1 kilo meter = 1000 meter s 1 km = 1000 m STANDARD CONVERSIONS 1 foot = 12 i Physics . What is the Metric System?. Aka. S.I. System (International Standards) . A . tool for measurement of different values. Very. . consistent . unit . of measurement. For Example:. Length. Mass. 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 .