01.06 When in Rome- Quantity/Measurement/Instrument Activity Text-only version
Each base quantity has a corresponding unit of measure and instrument.
- Length: the distance between two points
- meter: metric ruler; metric stick
- Mass: the amount of matter in an object
- Volume: the amount of space an object takes up
- liter: graduated cylinder
- Time: a measure of the number of seconds that pass between two events
- second: stopwatch, clock, calendar
- Temperature: a measure of the energy of the particles that make up a substance
- kelvin, celsius: thermometer
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