9TH GRADE

1. What is Science?

2. Scientia, to know
Goal of Science: Investigate and understand nature: explain natural events and
use explanations to make predictions.
Science is an organized way of using evidence to learn about the natural world

3. Common System of Measurement:
The Metric System
Do Now:
What units do we use to measure:
Temperature
Distance
Weight

4. Meter Stick
1 Meter = 100 cm = 1000 mm
5 Meters = cm = mm

6. Prefix Power Symbol
Kilo-
Hecto-
Deca-
Base Unit
Deci-
Centi-
Milli-
Micro-
Nano-
Metric Prefix Chart

7. 10 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10
10 m = __________ cm
k
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da
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8. 10 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10
15 km = _______ m
3.0 cm = ______ m
215 mm = ________ m
1.5 cm = ______ km
25 m = ________km
10 km = ______ cm
k
h
da
B
d
c
m
u
n

9. Basic Units of Metric Measure
Remember:
Meter (m) - distance
Liter (L) - volume
mass (g) - amount of matter
Temperature (C) - amount of heat in an object
Weight (N) - amount of gravitation pull on an object

10. Metric Practice:
1. 1250.30kL = ______________mL
2. 0.698311g = ____________ ug
3. 1,000.11 nm = ____________ cm
4. 75km = ________________ dm
5. 25,000ng = ____________ug
6. 85uL = _______________hL
7. 0.19357dam = _____________nm
8. 3,200m = ______________mm
9. 550,000uL = _______________kL
10. 0.369g = ________________ng

11. Dimensional Analysis

12. Metric to English English to Metric
Length:
1 mm = 0.04 in
1 cm = 0.39 in
1 m = 39.37 in = 3.28 ft
1 m = 1.09 yd
1 km = 0.62 mi
Length:
1 in = 2.54 cm
1 ft = 30.48 cm = 0.305 m
1 yd = 0.914 m
1 mi = 1.609 km
Weight:
1 g = 0.035 oz
1 l = 1.057 qt
Weight:
1 oz = 28.350 g
1 lb = 0.453 kg
Capacity:
1 ml = .2 tsp
1 l = 1.057 qt
Capacity:
1 tsp = 5 ml
1 c = 236 ml
1 qt = 0.946 l
1 gal = 3.785 l

13. Conversions
1 inch = 2.54 centimeters
5 inches = ___________cm
1
2.54
= 0.3937
x 2.54 --> centimeters
x 0.3937 --> inches
35cm = __________inches

14. How tall is a woman who is 5'5?

15. How tall is a man who is 197cm?