| A | B |
|---|
| milli | one thousandth (1/1000) |
| centi | one hundredth (1/100) |
| deci | one tenth (1/10) |
| kilogram | basic unit of mass |
| liter | basic unit of volume |
| meter | basic unit of length |
| length | how long an object is |
| mass | the amount of matter in an object (constant) |
| weight | the foce of mass due to gravity |
| Newton | the basic unit of weight |
| deka/deca | ten |
| hecto | one hundred |
| kilo | one thousand |
| volume | capacity or the amount of space an object takes up |
| dimensional analysis | a method of converting from one unit to another |
| one cubic centimeter (cc) | one milliliter |
| balance scale | instrument used for measuring mass |
| graduated cylinder | instrument used to measure fluid volume |
| temperature | the measurement of heat in an object |
| light year | 9.5 trillion kilometers |
| Celsius | the scale used for metric measurement |
| 1 g/ml | the density of water |
| density | the mass per volume of an object |
| metric system | system international |
| gram/centimeter cubed | basic unit of density |
