4. Tech Terms
1. unit – amount used to measure something
2. Volume (V) – how much space an object
takes up
3. Mass (M)– the amount of matter that is
inside of an object
4. Density (D)– the amount of mass that is in
every cubic centimeter
5. 5. meter (m) – basic metric unit for length or
distance
6. kilogram (kg)- basic metric unit for mass
7. Liter (L) – basic metric unit for the volume
of a liquid
8. Metric system – system of measurement
used by most countries and scientists
6. 9. weight – the measure of the pull of gravity
on an object
10. matter – anything that has mass and takes
up space
7. Density = Mass
Volume
Steps:
1. Learn to measure the volume of a
regular object
2. Learn to measure the volume of an
irregular object
3. Learn to measure mass
Divided by
