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A decimal system of units with
powers of ten.
Example: 0.1; 1; 10; 100; 1,000
 Also known as: the Système
International d'Unités (SI units)
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Length/Distance = Meter
 Volume = Liter
 Mass = kilogram
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Changing the same number to a
different unit.
Ex. 100cm = 1 m changes the
number from centimeters to
meters.
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250,000 liters = ________________ kiloliters.
 Change
the prefix.
 multiply or divide by powers
of ten.
Length
Volume
Mass
Megameter
Kilometer
Hectometer
Dekameter
Meter
Decimeter
Centimeter
Millimeter
Micrometer
Mm
km
hm
dam
M
dm
cm
mm
µm
Megaliter
Kilolieter
Hectometer
Dekameter
Liter
Deciliter
Centimeter
Millimeter
Micrometer
ML
kL
hL
daL
L
dL
cL
mL
µL
Megagram
Kilogram
Hectogram
Dekagram
Gram
Decigram
Centigram
Milligram
Microgram
Mg
kg
hg
dag
g
dg
cg
mg
µg

1) 78.908cm= _____________ mm
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3) 4.87m= ____________mm
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5) 45.3497kL= _____________mL
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A proportion used to determine the
relationship of a representation of a time frame.

10 cm = 100 million years
Measure the paper

Convert from meters to centimeters
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Use a proportion to figure out how old
the earth is.
 4.6
billion years old.

Complete Steps 3 and 5 on the
instruction sheet.
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Divisions of time, separated by
catastrophic or major events in
history.

Measure, mark and Color Eons and Eras first
PRE-ARCHEAN
Add Events with a STAR and
DRAW /PASTE a picture of
them
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Group member 1: task master – keeping the
group on task, overall organization
Group member 2: Marking eons and eras and
coloring, then jumping in with #3 when
finished
Group member 3: Marking events and
beginning to draw pictures for the starred
events.
 Homework=
Get supplies for
class by Monday, get
syllabus signed, summarize
your notes, finish most of the
timeline
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The supercontinent that all continents
originated from.

The study of how plates (divisions of the crust)
float or move on top of the mantle.

The theory that the
continents drifted apart
from one continent
(Pangaea).
http://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/Contexts
/Icy-Ecosystems/Sci-Media/Animationsand-Interactives/Continental-drift