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Do First - Why the metric system is important?

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For the majority of recorded human history, units like the weight of a grain or the length of a hand weren’t exact and varied from place to place. Now, consistent measurements are such an integral part of our daily lives that it’s hard to appreciate what a major accomplishment for humanity they’ve been. Matt Anticole traces the wild history of the metric system.

Lesson by Matt Anticole, animation by Globizco.

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For the majority of recorded human history, units like the weight of a grain or the length of a hand weren’t exact and varied from place to place. Now, consistent measurements are such an integral part of our daily lives that it’s hard to appreciate what a major accomplishment for humanity they’ve been. Matt Anticole traces the wild history of the metric system.

Lesson by Matt Anticole, animation by Globizco.

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Now that you have finished the video. Re-answer the question below in 3-4 sentences.
What does the French Revolution have to do with the time Nasa accidentally crashed a 200 million dollar orbiter onto the surface of Mars?

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The time Nasa accidentally crashed the orbiter onto the Mars surface was due to...

An error in ground cover and atmospheric pressure

An error in an initial measurment

An error in velocity over time in the amount of space covered

An error in converting between two measurement systems

A growth curve on the surface of Mars

An error in pressure

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For the majority of human history units like the length of a grain or hand and varied from place to place.

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Mmuae Afoforo a Wobɛpaw:

are dimensional

are one-dimensional

were not exact

are exact

are planar

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The Hindu-Arabic numeral system mostly replaced

yesterday

1690

the 1800's

1523

1920

1789

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The leaders of the French Revolution sought to overthrow the according to the rational principles of the from the equator to

"inside and out"

"all for one"

"undivided we stand

"from middle to North"

"spacial orders"

"for all people for all time"

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Some of the effects of changing to the metric system were...

Switching to a republican calendar with 10 day weeks reduced church power by eliminating Sundays

Nobles could no longer manipulate local units to extract more rent from commoners

The government could collect taxes more efficiently

An apple weighed the same as another from another region

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Portugal and the Netherlands shifted to the metric system voluntarily. Great Britain resisted revolutionary ideas because it was a rival to France. How long did it take Britain to change to the metric system?

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Mmuae Afoforo a Wobɛpaw:

800 months

300 years

90 days

2 centuries

100 centuries

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What three countries have not fully embraced the metric system?

Japan

Liberia

Myanmar

Denmark

Istanbul

U.S.A

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What units do scientist use?

the imperial system

the common system

the metric system

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The speed of light is a constant: 299,792,458 m/s or 3x10⁸ m/s.
What other constants have you heard of, select them below.

Pi (π) - the Ratio of a circles circumference: 3.14159...

Avogadro's number: 6.02214076×10²³

Gas constant R: 8.314 J / mol·K or 8.314 J x mol^-1 x K^-1

Acceleration due to gravity: 9.8 m/s²