Measurement
Unit Review Sheet
These facts and definitions should be mastered throughout this unit. This page can be used for periodic review and study as you are finishing the unit and in the future.
Facts and Definitions
Lesson 1: Practice With Time
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Lesson 2: Telling Time to the Minute
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Lesson 3: Elapsed Time
- Elapsed time: time it takes from the start of an activity or event to the end
Lesson 4: Working With Weight
- Standard units of measure are agreed-upon units that most people use
- Customary system: the main system of measurement used in the United States, also called the US customary system
- Metric system: the system of measurement used in most countries other than the United States, based on the number 10
- Weight: how heavy or light something is
- Ounce, pound, and ton are customary units of weight
- Milligram, gram, and kilogram are metric units of weight
- g: abbreviation for gram
- kg: abbreviation for kilogram
Lesson 5: More Work With Weight
- oz: abbreviation for ounce
- lb: abbreviation for pound
Lesson 6: Exploring Volume
- Capacity: how much liquid a container can hold
- Liquid volume: how much liquid is in a container
- Cup, pint, quart, half gallon, gallon: customary units of capacity/volume
- Capacity abbreviations: cup = c, pint = pt, quart = qt, gallon = gal
Lesson 7: More Work With Volume
- Milliliters, liters: metric units of capacity/volume
- ml: abbreviation for milliliter
- l: abbreviation for liter
Lesson 8: Some Weighty Problem Solving
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Lesson 9: Unit Test
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Final Project: Volume Video
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