BIOL 103 Laboratory Exercise 1
Metric Measurements
Class Activity
Name: Section:
1. Working with a partner, use the provided tape to obtain the following
measurements. Then complete the table below:
Dimension Decimeter
(dm)
Centimeter
(cm)
Millimeter
(mm)
Micrometer
(µm)
Height
Inseam
Total Arm Spread
Chest
Waist
Biceps
Wrist
Head
Middle Finger
Middle Toe
What is the ratio of your middle finger to your middle toe?
What is the ratio of your height to your inseam?
2. Answer the following Questions:
a. Bobby weighs 175 pounds. What is his weight in kilograms?
b. The Taipei 101 building in Taiwan is 509 m tall and the Petronas Tower I
building in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia is 1483 feet tall. Which is the taller
building?
c. How many deciliters are in 10 liters?
d. Julie’s daughter has a temperature of 101◦
F. Convert this temperature to degree
Celsius.
e. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Usain Bolt (Jamaica) ran the 100 m
dash in 9.63 seconds. Convert this to (i) milliseconds
and (ii) minutes
f. You have been asked to transfer 5 milliliters (mL) of a solution from a beaker
containing 10 mL to a test-tube using a 200 µL pipette. Assuming that you take
the maximum volume that this pipette allows, how many transfers would you
make? transfer