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,Making Measurements:
Using the Main Ideas
From the list below, choose the unit of measurement that would be most
useful to measure each item. Write the unit on the line provided.
angstrom
centimeter
cubic centimeter
gram
kilogram
kilometer
light year
liter
meter
micrometer
milligram
milliliter
millimeter
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1. The length of the Mississippi River
2. The mass of a paper clip
3. The weight of a cat
4. The mass of an elephant
5. The width of a fingernail
6. Your weight on the moon
7. The distance from Earth to the Cosmos Kubasik galaxy
8. The width of an average TV screen
9. The volume of juice in a small paper cup
10. The volume of an ice cube
11. The mass of a bowlful of cereal
12. The diameter of a pizza
13. The amount of salt in an order of french fries
14. The amount of soda in a large plastic bottle
15. The diameter of a chlorine atom
16. The len2"th of a bacterium