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Biology Metrics Lab Unit 1
Record the length and width of each fish body. (If the fish body is 5 & 4/10 centimeters wide,
you write 5.4 cm. Length is nose to tail and Width is top fin to bottom fin.)
Name of fish
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Width
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Answer the following questions:
1. Which is longer, a meter or a millimeter? _____________________
2. How many millimeters are in one meter? _____________________
3. What is the metric unit of volume? __________________________
4. What is 1/100 of a liter called? _____________________________
5. If a room is 70 degrees C. Is it hot, cold or comfortable? ________
6. What is the metric unit of weight? __________________________
7. A liter is a measure of what? ______________________________
9. Normal body temperature is 98.6 degrees F. What is it in degrees C.? _____________
Do The Following:
10. List the length __________, width ____________, and height _________, of the room in
meters.
11. What is the volume of the room in cubic meters? ______________
(Volume = length * width * height)
12. What is the temperature of the room in both Fahrenheit and Celsius? __________________
13. What is the weight of the chalkboard eraser in grams? ______________________
14. Estimate the temperature of hot tap water in C. _______
ice water _________, cold tap water _______________, Boiling water _____________
15. What is the volume for cup A. ____________
B. ___________ C. ______________
16. What is the weight of this sheet of paper in grams? ____________________
17. How wide is the fingernail on the small finger of your left hand? ___________________
18. How many centimeters long is your right shoe? ______________ millimeters ___________.
19. How many centimeters long is it from the point of your elbow to the end of the ulnar bone at
your wrist? ____________________
20. What is the melting and freezing point of water? ____________________
21. Rank in order of length from shortest to longest:
meter, millimeter, centimeter, decimeter _______________________________
22. What is the mass of the rubber stoppers? A. ___________ B. ___________ C. ___________
23. List the length ___________, width _____________, and height __________ of your lab
table in meters. What is its volume of the space of the table in cubic centimeters?__________
24. Using your metric ruler, draw a line that is 7 centimeters long. Put a small mark on the line for
each centimeter length.
25. Draw a line that is 7 millimeters long.
26. What do you notice about the relationship between the lengths of these lines?
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What part of a centimeter is one millimeter? ______________________________
27. How do you change a measurement from centimeters to millimeters? _____________
28. How do you change a measurement from millimeters to centimeters? _____________
Although you may find the metric system new, it is not different as you might think. It can be
used to measure anything ---- including things you may have previously measured in other units.
Use the table below to convert English units to metric units in the following sentences.
2.54 centimeters = 1 inch
1 meter = 39.37 inches
1 meter = 1.09 yards
1 kilometer = 0.62 mile
1 liter = 1.06 quarts
1 kilogram = 2.2 pounds
28.3 grams = 1 ounce
29. Bullfrogs have big appetites. An adult bullfrog, 8 inches ( ________centimeters) long has
been known to eat poisonous coral snake that was 17 inches (__________centimeters) long.
30. Many claim that a cheetah is the fastest animal in the world. However, it is only fast over
short distances. According to one record, a cheetah averaged 71 miles per hour over 700
yards. In metric units, this would be ____________ kilometers per hour over __________
meters. A 99 pound cheetah (_________ kilogram) cheetah can accelerate to 45 miles
(___________ kilometers) per hour in 2 seconds.
31. Imagine 35,000 bees swarming around your chest and throat to form a Abeard of bees.@ this is
a record held by James Johnson of West Virginia. The bees weighed 10 pounds
(_______ kilograms).
32. Camels can drink 108 quarts ( ______ liters) of water in 10 minutes! Some camels have
survived a 34 day journey of 537 miles or ( __________ kilometers) without any water
except the dew on vegetation.
33. One of the world’s largest spiders lives in the Amazon basin and actually eats birds! Over 7
inches ( _________ centimeters) across the legs, this bird-eating spider does not spin a
web. Instead it runs down small mammals and hummingbirds that may have a mass of
3 ounces (______ grams).