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What is the difference between milliliters and liters?
1 liter=1000 milliliters. Means one 1 liter contains, 1000 milliliters.The word Milli is 1/1000 or scaled as down as Thousandth. The only relation is when you say Milliliters your are talking one a scale of 1/1000, and if you say liters then there is nothing scaled down just simple volume of matter. Here is a link to convert milliter vs liter as well as other volumes. http://ntl.nectec.or.th/services/converter/ a mL (milliliter) is a thousandth of a liter like a millimeter is a thousandth of a meter.
How can you use word components to relate medical terms to the structure and function of the human body?
Prefixes, roots, suffixes, combining vowels and combining forms
What are the basic prefixes used in the metric system and how do hey relate to the size of the base unit?
In the metric systems, unlike other systems, there is only one unit for each measurement; e.g the only unit for length is the metre. For lengths much longer, or much shorter, we use prefixes to indicate the fraction or multiple of the metre.For short lengths the fractions are thousandths, millionths, billionths; for which the prefixes are milli-, micro-, and nano-.For longer lengths, the multiples are thousands, millions, and billions; for which the prefixes are kilo-, mega-, and giga-.The prefixes indicate the fraction,or the multiple of the base unit.
How can you relate centum to a chart of basic metric prefixes?
Centum is a Latin word that means "hundred". In the metric system, centi- is a prefix that denotes a factor of one hundredth (1/100) of a base unit. For example, centimeter is one hundredth of a meter.
What are the basic prefixs used in the metric system and how do they relate to the size of the base unit?
The basic prefixes used in the metric system are kilo (k), hecto (h), deca (da), deci (d), centi (c), and milli (m). These prefixes represent powers of 10 that either increase or decrease the size of the base unit (meter, gram, liter, etc.) by factors of 10, such as kilo being 1000 times larger and milli being 1000 times smaller than the base unit.
