Honors Biology: Metric System & Measurement

Centi-

a prefix meaning "hundredth" or "hundred," used in the formation of compound words

Conversion

a change in the form of a measurement, different units, without a change in the size or amount.

Deca

a prefix meaning "ten," used in the formation of compound words

deci

a prefix meaning "tenth," used in words denoting units of the metric system (decilite

Density

A measure of how much matter is in a certain volume.

gram

Is the basic unit of mass
1000 grams = 1-kilogram (Kg)

Hecto-

A prefix meaning 100
Examples:
• a hectagon is a polygon with 100 sides
• a hectare is 100 ares (and an "are" is 100 square meters)

Kilo

prefix used to denote the quantity in metric system. It means one thousand.

Length

Distance. How far from end to end. Or from one point to another.

Liter

A Metric unit of volume. Mostly used to measure liquids
The abbreviation is L; 1 _________ = 1,000 milliliters (ml)

Meter

The basic unit of length (or distance) in the Metric System. The abbreviation is m.

Meter stick

a large ruler used for measuring size or distance using the metric scale. The measurements provided are in centimeters and millimeters.

milli-

A prefix meaning one-thousandth (1/1,000)

Volume

The amount of 3-dimensional space an object occupies. Capacity.

Cube

Is the basic unit of volume