Metric System

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Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. A metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under (5)
  2. 7. One thousand grams (8)
  3. 8. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 1000 liters (9)
  4. 9. Language spoken in the USA and the UK (7)
  5. 10. The act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule (11)
  6. 12. The basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (5)
  7. 13. Tool for weighing things; also a set of musical notes (5)
  8. 15. A person who ___ or commands (5)

Down

  1. 1. A metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (9)
  2. 2. A metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter (10)
  3. 4. A person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea (8)
  4. 5. The science of matter (9)
  5. 6. How loud something is, or how much space it fills (6)
  6. 10. How much matter something contains (4)
  7. 11. The power to do work or make things move (6)
  8. 14. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (4)