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Measuring instrument You can measure… SI units Imperial units (1) : digital or analogue, with more or less precision weight / (2) . g (grams) kg (kilograms) t (tonnes) oz (ounces) lb (pounds) short tons tape measure length, width, depth, (3) . mm (millimetres) cm (centimetres) m (metres) km (kilometres) in (inch – inches) ft (foot – (4) ) yd (yard – yards) mi (mile – miles) (5) the (6) between two sides of an object. mm tenths and hundredths of a mm inches thousandths of an inch calibrated/ measuring jug/ measuring vessel, beaker volumes, especially volumes of (7) . ml (millilitres) l (litres) cm 3 (cubic centimetres) m 3 (cubic metres) pt ((8) ) for beverages (1 pt ≈ 0.568 l) gal (gallons) for fuel (1UKgal ≈ 4.5 l) bbl (oil barrels) (1 barrel of oil ≈ 160 l of oil) thermometer: digital or analogue temperature. 0 °C (Celsius) 100 °C 32 °F ((9) ) 212 °F stopwatch: digital or analogue (10) . time, e. g. cycles, laps, runs. There is just one system of units: years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes and seconds. How do you convert SI units to Imperial units and Imperial units to SI units? Go on the internet and find a comprehensive conversion table to complete the following tasks. Media task . Now research the following information (at home, at the supermarket or online): ■■ the length dimensions of two technical appliances (e. g. of a TV / a washing machine) the weight of two food items from the supermarket ■■ the volume of two liquid products like drinks, perfumes, motor oil or detergents Write down their measurements in both SI and Imperial units and report your findings to the class. Example: A netbook has a size of 10”. The 10 inches refer to the diagonal dimension of the netbook. One inch is equal to about 2.5 centimetres, so the diagonal size is approximately 25 centimetres. Complete the table with the words from the boxes. Decide what the temperature ranges feel like. °Fahrenheit °Celsius This feels … 40 s 5–10 50 s 10–15 60 s 15–21 70 s 21–26 80 s 26–32 90 s 32–37 scales 27 28 a b 29 hot chilly comfortable warm boiling hot cool 123 Language skills Extras Explore 9 Are you OK? Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv