voc

tera

10^12

giga

10^9

mega

large

kilo

thousand

hecto

100

deca

ten

deci

10^-1

centi

10^-2

milli

thousandth

micro

small

nano

10^-9

pico

10^-12

Volume

The amount of space an object takes up

length

Distance between two points

mass

the amount of matter in an object

Weight

A measure of the force of gravity on an object

area

The number of square units required to cover a surface.

speific heat

the heat required to raise the temperature of the unit mass of a given substance by a given amount

Velocity

Speed in a given direction

Density

mass/volume

Acceleration

The rate at which velocity changes

dimesional analysis

the process of carrying units throughout a computation