Notes: Measurements

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Notes Measurements

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Notes Measurements

• Type of What it Unit of
  Symbol Instrument
• Measurement Measures Measure
  for Unit
• Mass
• Length
• Volume
• Temperature

matter
gram
g
balance
meter stick
m
distance
meter
meter stick
3
space
cubic meter
m
average kinetic energy
K
kelvin
thermometer
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Notes Measurements

• Type of What it Unit of
  Symbol Instrument
• Measurement Measures Measure
  for Unit
• Time
• Force
• Pressure
• Energy

duration
second
clock
s
push or pull
newton
N
spring scale
pascal (atmosphere) (mm Hg)
barometer manometer
Pa (atm) (mm Hg)
force/area
ability to do work
joule (calorie)
J (cal)
calorimeter
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Notes Measurements
decrease
increase

• Prefixes will____________ or ___________ the
  value of the basic units of measure in the SI
  system
• kilo hecto deka unit deci centi milli
  
• 1000x 100x 10x 1x
  .1x .01x .001x

King Henry drank unhealthy diet chocolate milk
(meter, gram, etc.)
(k)
(h)
(da)
(d)
(c)
(m)