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Metric System

  1. measures length
    meter   m
  2. measures volume
    liter      L
  3. measures mass
    kilogram     kg
  4. measures temperature
    kelvin       k
  5. tool used to measure distance length
    metric ruler
  6. tool used to measure volume
    graduated cylinder
  7. tool used to measure mass
    triplebeam balance
  8. tool used to measure temperature
    thermometer
  9. kilo
    1000 times greater
  10. centi
    1/100
  11. milli
    1/1000
  12. water boils at
    100 degrees C and 212 degrees F
  13. water freezes at
    0 degrees C   and     32 degrees F
  14. the temperature scale used for the metric sytem is called
    Kelvin
  15. the curved surface of liquid is called the...
    meniscus
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Scottj
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Metric System
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Metric System
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