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What are the 7 basic units of measurement in the metric system?

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The 7 basic units of measurement in the metric system are:

- second (s), measuring time

- meter (m), measuring length/distance

- kilogram (kg), measuring the mass/weight

- ampere (A), measuring electric current

- kelvin (K), for temperature. kelvin uses the Celsius scale, but kelvin is the measure in the metric system for temperature because it starts at the absolute 0 (-273° C).

- mole (mol), the amount of a substance, used mostly in chemistry

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- candela (cd), to measure light intensity

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