Name
Date
Directed Reading for
Content Mastery
Class
Overview
Measurement
Directions: Complete the concept map using the terms below.
volume
mass
weight
temperature
length
measures
hot and cold
measures
distance between points
measures
space an object
occupies
measures
action of gravity on
an object
measures
amount of matter
in an object
2.
Measuring Physical
Properties
3.
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4.
5.
Directions: Complete the following sentences using the terms below.
tenth
hundred
giga
liter
kilo
million
6. A prefix that means thousand (1000) is ____________________.
7. The prefix deci- means ____________________.
8. One thousand milliliters is one ____________________.
9. There are one ____________________ centimeters in one meter.
10. The prefix mega- stands for ____________________.
11. The multiplier billion has the prefix ____________________.
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Meeting Individual Needs
1.
Name
Date
Directed Reading for
Content Mastery
Section 1
■
Section 2
■
Class
Description and
Measurement
SI Units
Directions: Use line a in the box below to answer the following questions.
a
1. Is the estimated length of line a about 4 cm or 10 cm?
3. How would you get a precise measurement of line a to the nearest millimeter?
Directions: Answer the following questions on the lines provided. Use the table below to answer questions 4–7.
SI prefix
Meaning
kilo-
thousand (1000)
hecto-
hundred (100)
deca-
ten (10)
deci-
tenth (0.10)
centi-
hundredth (0.01)
milli-
thousandth (0.001)
4. How many meters are in a kilometer?
5. How many grams are in two kilograms?
6. A milliliter is what part of a liter?
7. Ten millimeters equal how many centimeters?
8. What do the letters SI stand for?
9. What is the SI unit of mass?
10. What is the SI unit of temperature?
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2. Explain why the other choice in question 1 cannot be correct.
Name
Date
Directed Reading for
Content Mastery
Class
Section 2 SI Units
Section 3 Drawings, Tables, and
Graphs
■
■
Directions: Write the letter of the correct term in Column II next to its description in Column I.
Column II
Column I
a. meter
1. amount of change of one measurement in a given
amount of time
b. newton
2. instrument used to measure temperature
3. SI unit of weight
d. pan balance
4. SI unit of length
e. thermometer
5. instrument used to measure mass
f. second
6. unit used to express volume
g. rate
7. SI unit of time
Directions: Label each graph as a circle graph, bar graph, or line graph. Then complete the sentences below.
Speed of Selected Animals
Potato Production
in the United States
45
25
40
35
20
Metals
79%
Millions
30
km/hr
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Types of Elements
Nonmetals Noble
Gases
Metalloids 10%
5%
6%
25
20
15
15
10
5
10
0
5
0
8. ________________
1961
Racerunner Rhinoceros
Lizard
1977
1985
1993
Year
Arabian
Camel
9. ________________
1969
10. ________________
11. The ____________________ graph shows relationships between two variables.
12. The ____________________ graph shows parts of a whole.
13. The ____________________ graph compares variables; one variable is divided
into parts, and the other variable is a number.
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Meeting Individual Needs
c. cubic meter
Name
Date
Directed Reading for
Content Mastery
Class
Key Terms
Measurement
Directions: Solve the puzzle by writing the term that matches each description below. The letters in the dark,
vertical box will spell a familiar word.
1
2
3
Meeting Individual Needs
4
5
6
7
8
10
11
1. amount of matter in an object
2. displays information in rows and columns
3. graph that shows the parts of a whole
4. International System of Units
5. on this temperature scale, water boils at 100 degrees
6. type of graph that compares variables with one variable divided into parts
7. SI unit of temperature
8. SI unit of mass
9. SI unit of length
10. type of graph that shows the relationship between two variables
11. useful when exact data are not required
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