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How Things are Measured Story

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What words (adjectives) can we use to describe Earth?

Big, Round

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What do people use to measure things?

Tools such as a ruler, tape measure or scale

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What tool do we use to measure small things?

ruler

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What tool do we use to measure really long or big things?

tape measure

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What do we use to measure time?

clock

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What do we use to measure how much something weighs?

scale

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Most people in the U. S. use rulers with inches, feet & yards. What scale do other countries use?

measurement scale

metric scale

regular scale

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What do we use to measure long blocks of time like days, months & years?

calendar

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How long does it take for the Earth to go around the Sun?

1 year

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the measured distance from one end to the other of the longer or longest side of an object

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length

width

height

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the measurement of the short or shorter side of something

width

height

length

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the distance from the bottom to the top of something

height

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width

length

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