The Metric System
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wired_racquet on September 11, 2012
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Description:
Common Prefixes and Numerical Values for SI Units,
International System's Standard Units of Measurement, Metric Units of Length
Classes:
Chemistry II, IB 8th Grade, IB Class of 2016
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28 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 giga (G) | 10⁹, 1,000,000,000 |
| mega (M) | 10⁶, 1,000,000 |
| kilo (k) | 10³, 1000 |
| hecto (h) | 10², 100 |
| deka (da) | 10¹, 10 |
| - (-) | 10⁰, 1 |
| deci (d) | 10⁻¹, 0.1 |
| centi (c) | 10⁻², 0.01 |
| milli (m) | 10⁻³, 0.001 |
| micro (μ) | 10⁻⁶, 0.000001 |
| nano (n) | 10⁻⁹, 0.000000001 |
| pico (p) | 10⁻¹², 0.000000000001 |
| femto (f) | 10⁻¹⁵, 0.000000000000001 |
| meter (m) | length |
| kilogram (kg) | mass |
| kelvin (K) | temperature |
| second (s) | time |
| mole (mol) | amount of substance |
| ampere (A) | electric current |
| candela (cd) | luminous intensity |
| kilometer (km) | 10³ m, 1000 m |
| meter (m) | 10⁰ m, 1 m |
| decimeter (dm) | 10⁻¹ m, 0.1 m |
| centimeter (cm) | 10⁻² m, 0.01 m |
| millimeter (mm) | 10⁻³ m, 0.001 m |
| micrometer (μm) | 10⁻⁶ m, 0.000001 m |
| nanometer (nm) | 10⁻⁹ m, 0.000000001 m |
| angstrom (Å) | 10⁻¹⁰ m, 0.0000000001 m |
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