Metric System - explained simply

The Metric System is a universal way to measure many different things. But how does it work and who invented it? We explain these and other aspects of the Metric System in this simpleshow.

Authors: Roman Ilyushenko, Nicolai Nobis

The information for this video is provided by Da Vinci Media GmbH.

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[MilkyEggs]

I’m here because America is one of three countries that use the imperial system the rest of the world uses metric so it’s just common sense to learn this for when I travel

[alexispeace]

Am I the only one watching this on their own accord 😞

[wilburden]

Help me please, I’m being held hostage in my science class and forced to watch this video.

[forestmanzpedia]

Long story short in order to make it simple: ALL units are related, conversion is simple, no confusing numbers and there is no conversion error. This is all the opposite in imperial.
- Length -
1cm = 10mm
1meter = (10 decimeter; not often used) = 100cm = 1000mm
1km = 1000meters; you can convert the rest on your own
- Volume -
1000 mililiters = 1 liter
- Weight -
1000 grams = 1 kilogram
1 metric ton = 1000kg
- Temps -
0°C = 273°K = freezing point of water
100°C = 373°K = Boiling point of water
-273°C = 0°K = lowest temperature in the universe

Convert to metric? You have to know what X in imperial in Y metric is. Google it. Then multiply that X number with Y number. Example: 1 inch in cm = 2, 54cm. 5 inches in cm? 5 x 2, 54 = 12, 7 cm.
Convert to imperial? Basically above but in reverse. Example 1cm in inches: 0, 393701 inches. 5cm in inches? 5 x 0, 393701 = 1, 9685 inches.

[diegofantin]

Americans be like: how many football fields Is a kilometer?

[soumikbhattacharya]

Can't believe America is still unable to adopt metrics system!! 🙄

[andrewjohnston]

Why does this video not explain the relationship between linear and volumetric measurement to weight. This is so simple and is the true beauty of the metric system.A cube of 10cm X 10cm X 10cm contains 1, 000 cubic cm or 1 litre. 1 litre of water weighs 1 kg. Therefore a cube 1 metre X 1 metre X 1 metre Contains 1, 000 litres - 1, 000 litres of water weighs 1metric tonne.

[Hippolyte_Pequeux]

I don’t think the liter is in the base universal system because it isn’t needed as 1L = 1dm^3 = 0.001 m^3
The 7 base units are
- kg for mass
- m for distance
- s for time
- K for temperature
- mol for matter quantity
- A for electric current
- cd for light intensity
And any other measurement can be written as a product of these units for example for speed we use m s^-1

[johnrivers]

Finally a video that just explains the ideas instead of crying about America not using it for 5 minutes first

[catelong]

wow this a great video bringing the world together as one just like marvel end game

[SnperMcMarc]

In metric, one millliter of water occupies one cubic centimeter, weighs one gram, and requires one calorie of energy to heat up by one degree centigrade - which is one percent of the difference between its freezing point and its boiling point. An amount of hydrogen weighting the same amount has exactly one mole of atoms in it. Whereas in the Imperial system, the answer to "How much energy does it take to boil a room-temperature gallon of water?" is "Are you joking me?" because you can't directly relate any of those quantities.

[ayokofoli]

Thank you. This was very helpful. It help me finish my homework!

[jadecargill]

This is fun to whatch and also help full

[goodlifeFOB]

Fellas i know you are being forced to watch this but trust me imperial is really fucking anoying to use

[davesmith]

If that is so, then why is the Worlds circumference 40, 075km and not 40, 000km???

[mentenamesa]

isn't it Celsius for temperature?

[tstcikhthyss]

Thank you for pronouncing kilometre properly. And most people don't need or use factors of 10 and 100, just 1000.

[chahatswapandeepsingh]

I am watching this video for myself because i love study

[nirmalkrishansingh]

Metric system not accepted some country such as america, now universal system is more sciencetific wich is in book all nature moves, with natural units, amazon.in

[CharlieGalli-nwoz]

Im here for science class so I hate this video because I hate school