About the Metric System The metric system is

About the Metric System The metric system is officially named __________________ or ____ for short The 3 common base units of the metric system are the _____ (length) _____ (weight) and _____ (volume) What makes it easier is that no matter the size everything is expressed in multiples of ____. You use the unit that makes the most sense for what you are measuring or weighing. Convert 6350. 02 centimeters to meters. (move decimal to left) Convert 5. 0 kilograms to grams (move decimal to right) What are the abbreviations for gram, meter, and liter, millimeter, centimeter, and kilogram. How are long numbers of measurements written in science? How would a scientist write 85, 000, 000? How is temperature expresses in the metric system? 0 degrees C = _____ and 100 degrees C =

conversions Kilometer Hectometer Decameter Base unit METER Decimeter Centimeter Millimeter 1000 10 1 0. 01 0. 001 Converting 6350. 0 centimeters to meters which way to you move? (smaller to larger unit-moving upward in the table shown above) move decimal to the left. Converting from larger to smaller-moving down in the table) Move the decimal to the right.

Conversion Practice Convert 670. 41 mm to centimeters _______ Convert 55 decameters to centimeters ______ Convert 5 kilometers to meters ________ Convert 5 decameters to meters _________ The book used kilometers for geological measurements, ocean depths, atmosphere heights. How man miles is 1 kilometer? _______

Scientific Notation Practice Write each number in scientific notation. 0. 07882 =_______________ 0. 00000272338 =____________ 118000 =_______________ 87200 = _______________ 0. 00002786 = _____________ 0. 000000664= _____________ Write each number in standard format. 3. 443 × 10 -7 = _____________ 7. 75763 × 10 -7 = ____________ 5. 8 × 10 -7 = ______________ 1. 525 × 106 ______________