Get the Gizmo ready: Activity B: Metric units Check that Metric units only and Distance is still selected. atroduction: During the Warm-up activity, you learned that 1,000 meters equals 1 kilomete oth of these units are part of the metric system, a measurement system based on powers D. No matter what quantity you are working with, converting between metric units will involh ultiplying by a power of 10. oal: Convert from one metric unit to another. Infer: The metric system uses prefixes to tell you how much to multiply the base unit by For example, in the metric system, the base unit for length is the meter. Examples of prefixes include kilo-, centi-, and milli-. Knowing that 1,000 meters are in 1 kilometer, what do you think the prefix kilo- means? Analyze: Use the Unit Conversion Tiles to help you determine the meaning of the followi metric prefixes. The first row has been completed for you. Prefix Meaning kilo- Multiply base unit by 1,000 centi- milli- micro- nano- Create: Knowing the meaning of metric system prefixes can heip you write your own conversion factors. In the metric system, the base unit for mass is the gram. What do you think the conversion factor for gram-to-kilograms would be? grams kilograms Select Mass on the Conversion dropdown menu to check your answer.