Metric Units

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The base metric unit for measuring length or distance...

meter (m)

The base metric unit for measuring amount of a substance...

mole (mol)

The abbreviation for "nano-" is...

n-

The abbreviation for "pico-" is

p-

The metric prefix "Giga-" means times ten to the...

9th (or times 1,000,000,000)

The metric prefix "deci-" means times ten to the...

-1 (or times 0.1)

The metric prefix "pico-" means times ten to the...

-12 (or times 0.000 000 000 001)

The metric prefix "centi-" means times ten to the...

-2 (or times 0.01)

The metric prefix "milli-" means times ten to the...

-3 (or times 0.001)

The metric prefix "micro-" means times ten to the...

-6 (or times 0.000 001)

The metric prefix "nano-" means times ten to the...

-9 (or times 0.000 000 001)

The metric prefix "Tera-" means times ten to the...

12th (or times 1,000,000,000,000)

The metric prefix "deka-" means times ten to the...

1st (or times 10)

The metric prefix "hecto-" means times ten to the...

2nd (or times 100)

The metric prefix "kilo-" means times ten to the...

3rd (or times 1000)

The metric prefix "Mega-" means times ten to the...

6th (or times 1,000,000)

The abbreviation for "Giga-" is...

G-

The base metric unit for measuring temperature...

Kelvin (K)

The abbreviation for "Mega-" is...

M-

The abbreviation for "Tera-" is...

T-

The abbreviation for "centi-" is...

c-

The abbreviation for "deci-" is...

d-

The abbreviation for "deka-" is...

dk-

The base metric unit for measuring mass....

gram (g)

The abbreviation for "hecto-" is...

h-

The abbreviation for "kilo-" is...

k-

The most commonly used metric unit for measuring mass...

kilogram (kg)

The abbreviation for "micro-" is...

lowercase Greek letter mu (μ)

The abbreviation for "milli-" is...

m-

The base metric unit for measuring time...

second (s)


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