Name____________________________________ Grade ______/20

Living Environment- Metric System Redo_____ Grade ______/20

Lab #______

Title- Metric Measurement Lab

Objectives- The purpose of this lab is to make measurements using the metric system and
practice conversions between different size values within the metric system.

Materials: Meter stick, Ruler, Glassware: graduated cylinders, beaker, coins, Book, coin, triple
beam balance, Thermometer

Procedures/Data:
Linear Measure
1. Use the ruler/meterstick to measure the items listed below.
2. Place your measurements in the spaces below. Circle the unit you
used to directly measure with for each item.
3. Above each column write the full name of the unit that is abbreviated below it.
4. Convert for the other units.
Names of Units











Analysis Questions
1. Did you use the same unit to measure each item? Explain why you selected the units
you did.









Diameter of
Penny
____________M. ____________cm. ___________mm. ____________km.
Height of lab
counter
____________M. ____________cm. ___________mm. ____________km.
Width of the
Textbook
____________M. ____________cm. ___________mm. ____________km.
Length of the
Room
____________M. ____________cm ___________mm. ____________km.
Mass/Weight
1. Use the scale to determine the mass of
the objects in the data table below.
2. Convert each unit from grams to the units
that follow.
3. Write the name of the unit above the columns below.

Names of Units


Analysis Questions
2. 7
th
Grade Review! What is the difference between weight and mass?








3. Why are they used synonymously on Earth?









Mass of coin

____________g.

____________cg.

___________mg.

____________kg.
Mass of dollar

____________g.

____________cg.

___________mg.

____________kg.
Mass of empty 10 ml
graduated cylinder
____________g. _________cg. _________mg. ___________kg.
Mass of graduated cylinder
with 10 ml water
____________g. _________cg. _________mg. ___________kg.
Mass of 10 ml water ____________g. _________cg. _________mg. ___________kg.
Volume (of liquids)
1. Use the glassware provided to measure the volume of
the following containers. Place your measurements in the
space below.
2. In the last column of the chart write which glassware you
used to measure the liquid with. (10 ml graduated
cylinder, 50 ml graduated cylinder, 50 ml beaker, 100 ml
beaker, 100 ml graduated cylinder)
Volume of the purple liquid _________L. _______cl. _______ml.
Volume of water _________L. _______cl. _______ml.
Volume of the bottle _______ _________L. _______cl. _______ml.
Analysis Questions
4. Does all of the glassware measure with the same degree of accuracy? Explain.







5. What determines which glassware you measure with?







6. What is a meniscus? Why is it necessary to know about it when measuring liquids?









Temperature
1. Use the thermometer to measure the temperature of the following
items.
2. Use the following equations to calculate the other measures of
temperature.
3. Show your work in the space below to data table
Celsius to Fahrenheit F = 9/5 ( C) + 32
Kelvin to Fahrenheit F = 9/5( K - 273) + 32
Fahrenheit to Celsius C = 5/9( F - 32)
Celsius to Kelvin K = C + 273
Fahrenheit to Kelvin K = 5/9 ( F - 32) + 273


Fahrenheit Celsius Kelvin
Ice water
Boiling water
Room temperature
Cold Isopropyl alcohol
Work Space:
















Review Questions

1. What is the metric SI unit used for measuring length? ________________________.

2. The metric prefix denoting 1000X is _____________________.

3. If you are changing M to cm. what direction do you move the decimal point? ___________

4. How many times larger is a centigram then a milligram? _______________.

5. What is the metric value for mass? _____________________________

6. What is the metric value for length or distance? ________________

7. What is the prefix value for 100X? _____________

8. What is the prefix value for 1/100? _____________

9. If we are moving from a large value to a small value, we move the decimal point to the
______________.

10. If we are moving the decimal point to the right we are moving from a ___________ value
to a ____________ value.

11. What sources of error would account for differences in measurement of the same thing?