2006-12-26 10:35:33 · 5 answers · asked by vote4pedro0529 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
Yes. There is no reason why you couldn't measure something like a powder in liters. It is a bit easier to measure liquids, though, because the surface of a liquid naturally takes on a nearly constant level (excepting the meniscus, the curved surface of a liquid in a narrow container). Continuous solid objects are typically measured in cubic meters or cubic centimeters rather than liters, where a liter is 100 cubic centimeters.
2006-12-26 10:38:07 · answer #1 · answered by DavidK93 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
step over to the kitchen for this answer! your favorite recipe may call for 1 cup sugar, 1 cup butter, 1 cup flour, 1 cup milk. note, a cup is a measure of volume just like the liter! you could as easily create a recipe that asks for 1 liter sugar, 1 liter butter, 1 liter flour, 1 liter milk; just that, the measuring device would be 4 times bigger than a cup. now that we covered liquids and solids, imagine a basketball. quick, do some math, what's the volume? covert this to liters! (1 inch=0.254 dm and 1 dm^3=1 liter) congratulations, there's that many liters of air inside that basketball!!!
2006-12-26 11:16:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A liter is a measure of volume. You could fill a liter bottle with sand if you wanted to.
2006-12-26 10:43:02 · answer #3 · answered by badabingbob 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gases can be measured in liters. Ex. O2 delivery of 5 L per min
2006-12-26 10:54:06 · answer #4 · answered by krucha 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Liters are a measure of volume. It could be a volume of anything, or even nothing!
2006-12-26 10:41:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋