Metric Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 3. A reasonable guess at a quantity based on an observation.
- 4. How much empty space in a container.
- 6. SI units are based on powers of 10, so you can convert units simply by moving the decimal point. Be sure to move the decimal point the right way and how many places to move it.
- 7. A stick one meter long used to measure greater straight distances.
- 10. A measuring wheel used to measure distances of several or more meters.
- 11. A measure of an amount of matter in a solid, liquid, or gas.
- 12. The distance around sphere-like object.(To calculate, use a measuring tape.)
- 15. A measuring device for mass. (Uses Riders.) (Look on page 64 of ScienceSaurus to learn how to operate.)
- 16. Another device for measuring mass. (Uses 2 pans)
- 17. Refers to the correctness of a measurement.
- 20. A repeatable observation of a quantity that includes a number and a unit.
Down
- 1. A unit of mass used with SI prefixes to create other units.
- 2. Refers to how detailed or exact a measurement is.
- 3. Another device for measuring mass. (Uses electricity.)
- 5. To push away. (You can use Water Displacement to find the volume of irregular objects.)
- 8. An updated version of the Metric System
- 9. A narrow container used to measure the volume of liquids.
- 13. The base unit for length and distance
- 14. A unit of volume
- 18. A quantity that describes an amount of space/the amount of space an object takes up (To calculate, use the formula: length times width times height.)
- 19. A measurement of how much matter is packed into the volume of a certain substance. (To calculate, divide the mass by the volume of an object.)