JEOPARDY!By: Nandini Valluru

Metric Conversions

Abbreviations

History Advantages Misc.

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25pts 25pts 25pts 25pts 25pts

MC 5pts

Convert1000mg=____g

MC 5pts Answer

1 g

MC 10pts

56cm=____m

MC 10pts Answer

.56m

MC 15 pts

109g=____kg

MC 15 pts Answer

.109kg

MC 25pts

5.6km=____cm

MC 25 pts Answer

560000 cm

Abb. 5pts

What is the abbreviation for kilometer

Abb. 5pts Answer

km

Abb. 10pts

What are the base units?

Abb. 10pts Answer

Meter, Liter, Gram

Abb. 15pts

What is the abbreviation for liter?

Abb. 15pts Answer

l

Abb. 25pts

Name the abbreviations for the prefix ‘deka’

Abb. 25pts Answer

dkDda

History 5pts

Which country ‘made’ the metric system?

History 5pts Answer

France

History 10pts

When was the metric system made the compulsory system in France?

History 10pts Answer

It was made compulsory in 1840

History 15pts

Who stopped the metric system being in use in France?

History 15pts Answer

Napoleon

History 25pts

Who invented the decimal part of the metric system?

History 25pts Answer

John Wilkins

Adv. 5pts

Name one educational advantage to the metric system.

Adv. 5pts Answer

Answer Varies.

Adv. 10pts

Name two disadvantages to the metric system.

Adv. 10pts Answer

Answer Varies.

Adv. 15pts

Name one economical advantage to the metric system.

Adv. 15pts Answer

Answer Varies.

Adv. 25pts

Name three economical advantages to the metric system.

Adv. 25pts Answer

Answer Varies.

Misc. 5pts

Use the Metric Ladder for reference.Do you multiply or divide when you go down the ladder?

Misc. 5pts Answer

Multiply

Misc. 10 pts

How many countries do not use the metric system?

Misc. 10 pts Answer

As of 2014, three.

Misc. 15 pts

Name the three countries that don’t use the metric system.

Misc. 15 pts Answer

America, Liberia, Myanmar.

Misc. 25 pts

Which American President supported the metric system?

Misc. 25 pts Answer

Thomas Jefferson.

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