| Welcome to the Metric System!!! You will be asked to go different sites in order to add to your learning of this system and to prepare you for the classwork. Answer each question in your notebook. | ||
| 1. Why is 1795 important to France? 2. In what terms was the meter redefined in 1983? http://lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger/everyday.htm 3. What are the first two bullets under some special relationships? 4. Convert these prefixes: milli, centi, kilo to their decimal number. Include the fraction already listed. 5. What are the three terms used in heat energy? 6. What does the electrical term watt mean? 7a/b. What are the formulas for the terms volume and density?
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| Humour 8. A football field is how many meters long? 9. Match this famous saying: Give an inch, take a mile. 10. What is the volume of a cup of coffee?
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| You may find this link very helpful as a reference: King Henry | ||