Measurement The Metric System: Metric and scientific notation by Anthony Carpi, Ph.D. Reading Quiz Teach with this 1. What are the most common metric units used in science? kilogram, millimeter, and liter gram, liter, and meter milligram and kiloliter kilogram and kiloliter 2. Which prefix is the smallest? hecto centi kilo milli 3. A woman has a body mass of 53 kg. What is her mass in grams? 5.3 0.053 53,000 53 4. In the SI system of measurement, the unit of length is the: temperature liter gram meter 5. In the metric system, a unit of mass is the: temperature kilometer gram liter 6. The liter is a unit of: volume length temperature mass 7. Which is true about the metric system? There is only one unit of measurement for each measured quantity. It is a decimal-based system. It is based on multiples of ten. All of the choices 8. What happens to a decimal place in the number when you are converting from a smaller metric unit to a larger unit? Converting doesn't require a placement of decimal point. The decimal place moves to the left. The decimal place moves to the right. The decimal place doesn't move at all. 9. What number does 6.3 x 1011 represent? 0.000000000063 42 631011 630,000,000,000 10. What is the purpose of scientific notation? to measure things to represent very large or very small numbers to complicate things none of the choices 11. How many meters are in 5.0 cm? 0.050 500 0.0005 0.5 12. How would you write 0.093 in scientific notation? 1 x 10-0.093 0.093 x 101 9.3 x 10-2 9.3 x 102 13. How many centiliters are there in a 750-ml bottle of wine? 7,500 0.75 75 7.5 Score Quiz
