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| Base unit for the amount of substance |
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| a little more than a 1/2 a mile |
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| about the width of your fingernail |
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| about the thickness of a dime |
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| about the distance from the floor to a doorknob |
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| About the volume of a quart of milk or a 1/2 a 2L soda bottle |
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| Reference for a Milliliter |
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| about the mass of a large paperclip |
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| about the mass of a 1 liter bottle of water |
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| Reference for a Cubic Centimeter |
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| about the volume of a box (LxWxH) that contains 1 ml of a liquid |
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| Reference for a Milligram |
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| about the mass of 10 grains of salt |
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| Reference to relate liter and cubic cm |
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| 1 L = cube 10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm |
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| Standard unit for measuring mass is the: |
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| Difference btwn mass and weight |
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| Mass is the amount of matter in an object (value won't change when location changes). Weight is a measure of the gravitational pull and changes when gravity changes (ie - on the moon! You will only weigh 1/6th of what you weigh on Earth since their is only 1/6th gravity on Moon) |
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| Heat energy flows in this direction |
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| From hotter objects to colder objects |
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| Most substances (not water) will expand when heated and contract when cooled. |
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| Two units used to measure the energy of something |
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| indicates 10 times smaller than the base unit |
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| indicates 100 times smaller than the base unit |
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| indicates 1000 times smaller than the base unit |
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| indicates 1000 times larger than the base unit |
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| indicates 1x106 (1,000,000) times smaller than the base unit |
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| indicates 1x109 (1,000,000,000) times smaller than the base unit |
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| indicates 1x106 (1,000,000) times larger than the base unit |
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| indicates 1x1012 (1,000,000,000,000) times smaller than the base unit |
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| Freezing point and boiling point of water |
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| 0 oC and 100 oC, 273 K and 373 K |
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| How to convert from Celsius to Kelvin |
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| Add 273 to the Celsius measurement |
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| How to convert from Kelvin to Celsius |
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| Subtract 273 from the Kelvin measurement |
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Bottom of the Kelvin scale,
Represents no energy,
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| Amount of heat needed to change the temperature of 1 g of water 1 degree Celsius |
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