base ten

milli

1/1000metric prefix

centi

1/100metric prefix

scientific notation

A method of writing or displaying numbers in terms of a decimal number between 1 and 10 multiplied by a power of 10.

fahrenheit

A temperature scale with the freezing point of water 32 degrees and the boiling point of 212 degrees is also known as,

Liter

Basic unit of volume in the metric system

celsius

Metric unit for measuring temperature; On this scale water freezes at zero and boils at 100.

Accuracy

a measure of how close a measurement comes to the actual or true value of whatever is measured

metric system

decimal system of measurement based on certain physical standards and scaled on multiples of 10

base 10

each digit represents a power of 10

kilo

one thousandmetric prefix

Meter

rhythm as given by division into parts of equal time

Precision

the exactness of a measurement

Grams

unit for mass