Lesson 4 Vocabulary & Prefixes
centi	+	meter	=	centimeter	one hundredth of a meter 1/100	One inch is about 2.5 centimeters.	What does CENTI mean? CENTI = one hundredth 1/100 or .01
cent	+	ury	=	century	one hundred years	The 20th century was from 1900 to 1999.	What does CENT mean? CENT = hundred 100
deci	+	liter	=	deciliter	one tenth of a liter  1/10	I gave about a deciliter of blood today.
deci	+	meter	=	decimeter	one tenth of a meter	The pencil was about a decimeter long.	What does DECI mean? DECI means 1/10th or .1
kilo	+	meter	=	kilometer	one thousand meters	It is about 2 kilometers to school!
kilo	+	gram	=	kilogram	one thousand grams	I way about 100 kilograms.	What does KILO mean? KILO means thousand or 1000
mega	+	byte	=	megabyte	one million pieces of computer information	The computer only had a 2 megabyte hard drive.
mega	+	star	=	megastar	a very famous or big star	Charlie Chaplin and Sean Connery are both megastars!	What does MEGA mean? MEGA means MILLION or VERY LARGE
micro	+	wave	=	microwave	tiny invisible waves that cook food	I cooked dinner in the microwave.
micro	+	scope	=	microscope	an instrument used to look at very small things	The scientist looked at the cell in a microscope.	What does MICRO mean? MICRO means ONE MILLIONTH or VERY SMALLl
milli	+	meter	=	millimeter	one thousandth of a meter	The carpenter measured to the nearest millimeter.
milli	+	gram	=	milligram	one thousandth of a gram	I need 5 milligrams of aspirin.	What does MILLI mean? MILLI means THOUSANDTH or .001