The only SI unit that's used by everyone in the US is the unit of time ... the 'second'.
All of the other SI units are used in the US, but only by people who make things that
they want to be able to sell to other countries, and by people who want to be able to
shop in other countries and understand the products they see, and by people who
are involved in scientific or technological activities and want to be able to understand
what other scientists and engineers are doing.
A miligram. Grams are an SI unit, so they go with all the standard SI prefixes.
A "milligram". In general, the prefix "milli-" means 1/1000, no matter what unit it is used with; I recommend that you check the Wikipedia article on "SI prefixes", for additional prefixes of this kind.
The SI unit of measurement for temperature is the kelvin(K). Celsius is not an SI unit (it is a metric unit), but may be used alongside it.
Sometimes you need a very large, or a very small, amount of a certain unit. One way to deal with that is to use prefixes like kilo, mega, milli, micro, and others.
The fundamental unit is the gram. However the standard unit (SI) used is the kilogram (1000 grams).AnswerThe terms 'fundamental unit' or 'standard unit' are not used in SI. The correct term is 'base unit', and the base unit for mass is the kilogram.
No. The SI unit of length is the meter; the same unit with prefixes (such as millimeter and kilometer) is also used.
The SI unit of mass is the kilogram. However the prefixes are based on the gram.
The dyne is a unit of force that is smaller than the newton. 1 newton is equal to 100,000 dynes.
milliliters, deciliters, litersAnswer:The official SI unit for volume is the cubic meter. Surprisingly, the liter is not the official SI unit of volume, although is is commonly accepted as such and used with metric prefixes.
milliliters, deciliters, litersAnswer:The official SI unit for volume is the cubic meter. Surprisingly, the liter is not the official SI unit of volume, although is is commonly accepted as such and used with metric prefixes.
In the SI, force is measured in newtons. For very large or very small forces, it is of course possible to use the standard SI prefixes, but quite often, the unit used is simply the Newton, without any prefixes.
A miligram. Grams are an SI unit, so they go with all the standard SI prefixes.
The SI unit for volume is the cubic meter (m^3), but for smaller volumes, the liter (L) is often used.
A "milligram". In general, the prefix "milli-" means 1/1000, no matter what unit it is used with; I recommend that you check the Wikipedia article on "SI prefixes", for additional prefixes of this kind.
The official SI unit for volume is the cubic meter.Surprisingly, the liter is not the official SI unit of volume, although is is commonly accepted as such and used with metric prefixes.
The scale used is usually Celsius or Kelvin.AnswerThe SI unit of temperature is the kelvin (K). Celsius is a metric unit, but not an SI unit, although it may be 'used alongside' the SI system.
The official SI unit for mass is the kilogram.