EARTH SCIENCE
GEOBIOLOGY
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Question
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Which word means “a metric unit of length, equal to 1, 000 meters”?
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kilometer
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centimeter
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thermometer
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thermostat
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geometry
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The prefix ‘kilo’ means 1000, so there are 1000 meters for every kilometer and there are 0.001 kilometers for every meter.
Detailed explanation-2: -The long distances are measured in kilometer. This kilometer equals to 1000 meters. The kilometer is written in short as km. Mostly we use Kilometer (km), Meter (m) and Centimeter (cm) as the units of length.
Detailed explanation-3: -The basic unit of length in the metric system is the meter, m, and other derived units of the meter. The smallest measurement of length in the metric system is the millimeter, or mm. A mm is 1/1000 of a meter.
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