10 Questions
What unit is used to measure the amount of a chemical substance?
mole
What country did not officially adopt the metric system as an official standard of measurement?
United States
What is the abbreviation of the metric system in French?
SI
What is the unit of measurement for electrical current?
ampere
What is the unit of measurement for distance?
meter
What is the year when the French government required the use of the metric system as its standard for measurements?
1840
What is the unit of measurement for light intensity?
candela
What is the year when the United States passed legislation to convert to a metrics-based society?
1988
What is the unit of measurement for volume?
liter
In what year did the metric system become an official standard of measurement?
1790
Jessica's struggle with finding the right socket wrench to loosen a nut in her washing machine pump leads to a discovery about the metric system. Test your knowledge of the metric system and its applications in real-life scenarios.
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