Chapter 2-1 Test Reviw
Vocabulary review for Chapter 2-1, Measuring in SI
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- temperature
- a measure of the hotness or coldness of an object
- mL, L, or kL
- SI unit used to measure liquid volume
- spring scale
- tool used to measure weight
- length
- the distance from one point to another
- volume
- the amount of space an object occupies
- newton
- the SI unit of force
- matter
- anything that has mass and volume
- Archimedes
- Ancient Greek who discovered displacement of water to find the volume of irregular solids
- 1 gram
- the mass of 1 mL of water at 4 degrees C
- displacement of water
- method for finding the volume of irregular solids
- Celsius
- temperature scale commonly used in the science lab
- weight
- a measure of the force of gravity acting on the mass of an object
- Kelvin
- official SI temperature scale
- pounds
- customary unit for measuring weight
- gram, kilogram
- unit for measuring mass in SI
- balance
- tool used to measure mass
- France
- country who developed the Metric System
- meniscus
- the curve at the surface of a liquid
- Fahrenheit
- temperature scale used in the Customary system of measurement
- mass
- the amount of matter contained in an object