Celsius degrees - unit of temperature Comparisons of temperature scales . Derived units are combinations of basic units. You can see that the volume units above are combinations of length units. This makes volume a derived unit. Density is another derived unit that will be used in this class.
Density is found by dividing mass by volume and is usually expressed in grams per cubic centimeter.
When you use the Metric System, your mind is comparing it to the English System. There are exact conversion factors that can be used to change units in one system to units in the other. We will not stress conversion between the systems in this class. All our measurements will be done using SI units. The table below might help you begin to visualize the size of the units of the metric system.