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4. At the hospital, a nurse takes blood in ________

a. litres b. millilitres
c. decilitres d. hectolitres

5. How many millimetres make one metre?
a. 100 b. 1000
c. 10 d. 0.1

B. Fill in the blanks.

1. ___________ is related to a human body part.
2. ___________ is the smallest unit of length.

3. Kilogram is the unit of ___________.
4. A normal year has ___________days.

5. A __________thermometer is used to measure temperature during an experiment.

C. Write true for correct statements and false for incorrect ones.
1. Metre is a unit of mass. ¬¬¬_______

2. One gram has 1000 milligrams. _______
3. One centigram is greater than one gram. _______
4. Fixed standard is used for measurements. _______

5. There are 360 seconds in one hour. _______

D. Match the following.
1. Cubit, handspan a. unit of capacity

2. Metre b. grams
3. Kilolitre c. method of measurement in earlier days

4. Gold is purchased in d. second
5. Standard unit of time e. hospitals

6. Clinical thermometer f. unit of length

E. Give one word for each.
1. Smallest unit for measurement of length ____________

2. Smallest unit for measurement of mass ____________
3. Largest unit for measurement of capacity ____________

4. Standard unit for measurement of time ____________
5. Laboratory device used to measure temperature ____________

F. Answer the following questions in one line.
1. What do you mean by a unit?
2. Name any four quantities of measurement.

3. Name any four body parts used in earlier days for measurement.

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