The short video on plate tectonics is in the National History museum...........2nd floor.......the gem hall...............the building is in DC........which is in the USA................we do not use the metric system here......



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The three most common base units in the metric system are the meter, gram, and liter. ... Metric prefixes can be used with any base unit. For example, a kilometer is 1,000 meters, a kilogram is 1,000 grams, and a kiloliter is 1,000 liters.

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What are the units of measurement in the metric system?

The metric system is based on joining one of a series of prefixes, including kilo-, hecto-, deka-, deci-, centi-, and milli-, with a base unit of measurement, such as meter, liter, or gram.

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How do you read the metric system?

To read a metric ruler, each individual line represents .10 (1/10) of a centimeter, or 1 millimeter. Notice when converting from centimeters to millimeters, the decimal point is moved one place to the right. To convert millimeters to centimeters, move the decimal point one place to the left. Look at the ruler below.

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How do you convert measurements in the metric system?

To convert among units in the metric system, identify the unit that you have, the unit that you want to convert to, and then count the number of units between them. If you are going from a larger unit to a smaller unit, you multiply by 10 successively.

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When did England switch to the metric system?

British Imperial System, traditional system of weights and measures used officially in Great Britain from 1824 until the adoption of the metric system beginning in 1965. The United States Customary System of weights and measures is derived from it. British Imperial units are now legally defined in metric terms.

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The International System of Units (Système international d'unités or SI) is the current international standard metric system and is also the system most widely used around the world. It is an extension of Giorgi's MKSA system—its base units are the metre, kilogram, second, ampere, kelvin, candela and mole.

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Metric system, international decimal system of weights and measures, based on the metre for length and the kilogram for mass, that was adopted in France in 1795 and is now used officially in almost all countries. The French Revolution of 1789 provided an opportunity to pursue the ...