Metric Conversions in Chemistry

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Mathematics

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9th - 12th Grade

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Hard

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Convert measurements within the metric system., Describe the meaning of metric prefixes.

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Joseph Anderson

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3 Slides • 27 Questions

Metric Conversion

Base Units

Length - Meters (m)
Mass - Grams (g)
Time - Seconds (sec)
Temperature - Kelvin (K)
Volume - Liters (L)

Multiple Choice

What is the base unit for time?

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

Days

Multiple Choice

What is the biggest unit of mass in the metric system?

gram

milligram

kilogram

Multiple Choice

What is the smallest unit of length in the metric system?

millimeter

centimeter

meter

Metric Conversions

Multiple Choice

Convert 8 kilometers to meters

800 m

80,000 m

8,000 m

.008 m

Multiple Choice

Convert from meters to cm: 9 meters

900 cm

90 cm

0.9 cm

0.09 cm

Multiple Choice

Convert 17 m to cm:

0.17 cm

0.017 cm

1,700 cm

170 cm

Multiple Choice

7,000 g = ____ kg

700

0.07

Multiple Choice

What is the basic unit of measurement for liquid capacity?

meters

liters

gram

none

Multiple Choice

1 L = _______ mL

100

1000

Multiple Choice

42 L = ___mL

4,200

.0042

4.20

42,000

Multiple Choice

Is 4,000 mg greater than, less than, or equal to 4 g?

greater than

less than

equal to

Multiple Choice

Which unit is the smallest?

Multiple Choice

1000 grams = _____ kilograms

0.0001

1,000,000

Multiple Choice

The appropriate abbreviation of centimeter is..

Reorder

Reorder the following from the smallest measurement to the largest measurement.

0.58 mm

5.8 mm

0.58 m

580 cm

58 m

Match

What do each of these prefixes mean?

milli-

centi-

deci -

kilo-

1 / 1000 th

1 / 100 th

1 /10 th

x 1000

Multiple Choice

60 L = _______mL

60,000

0.06

600

6,000

Multiple Choice

780 mg = ________g

0.078

0.78

7,800

Multiple Choice

3,000 mm = _________cm

30,000

300

Multiple Choice

When converting from a larger unit to a smaller unit, you...

multiply

divide

add

subtract

Multiple Choice

To convert a smaller unit to a larger unit you...

multiply

add

divide

subtract

Multiple Choice

What did I measure if I record that something was 25 kg?

Volume

Mass

Distance

Time

Multiple Choice

Is 20 g greater than, less than, or equal to 2 kg?

greater than

less than

equal to

Multiple Choice

Is 11 g greater than, less than, or equal to 1,100 mg?

greater than

less than

equal to

Multiple Choice

Gavin's water bottle holds 800 ml of water. Paige's water bottle holds 0.8 L of water. Who's water bottle holds more water?

Gavin's

Paige's

they hold the same

Multiple Choice

The Science lab had 2,300 milligrams of salt to use for a science experiment. How many grams of salt did the Science lab have? (1 g = 1,000 mg)

2,300,000 grams

2.3 grams

23 grams

230 grams

Multiple Choice

Kyle measured the length of his truck and it was 534 centimeters long. How many meters long is his truck? (1 meter = 100 centimeters)

5.34 meters

53.4 meters

5,340 meters

0.0534 meters

Metric Conversion

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