Units of measurement by country

Chilean units of measurement

A number of different units of measurement were used in Chile to measure quantities like length, mass, area, capacity, etc. From 1848, the metric system has been compulsory in Chile. (Wikipedia).

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More Standard Deviation and Variance

Further explanations and examples of standard deviation and variance

From playlist Unit 1: Descriptive Statistics

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What is a metre: from Fizzics.org

The international base unit of length, accepted as the world wide standard, but where did it come from, who decided and how exactly is it defined.

From playlist Units of measurement

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Teach Astronomy - Astronomy Units

http://www.teachastronomy.com/ Astronomers use the metric system, but they also use units that are more appropriate to the huge scales of the universe that are encountered in astronomy. In particular they use three different scales of distance. The astronomical unit, the mean distance be

From playlist 01. Fundamentals of Science and Astronomy

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Metric Unit Conversion

This video explains how to convert to different metric units of measure for length, capacity, and mass. http://mathispower4u.wordpress.com/

From playlist Unit Conversions: Metric Units

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Examples: Converting Between Metric Units

This video provides several examples of converting between different metric units of measure.

From playlist Unit Conversions: Metric Units

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Plan Andinia: A New Jewish State? (Global Documentary) | Real Stories

Patagonia is one of the remotest regions in the world. It is situated in the southernmost point of South America and is shared by Argentina and Chile. Patagonia is not only a region of breath-taking beauty and vast natural resources, but also the region where, some people believe, a new Je

From playlist Global Documentaries

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Measures of Spread Overview

Introduction to standard deviation, IQR [Inter-Quartile Range], and range

From playlist Unit 1: Descriptive Statistics

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Coronavirus & Gender: The Other Pandemic in Chile. Paula Escobar

The Yale Poynter Fellowship in Journalism and the Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies at the MacMillan Center at Yale present “Coronavirus & Gender: The Other Pandemic in Chile”, a talk by Paula Escobar Chavarría. This talk, recorded as it was presented on September 23, 2020 was th

From playlist The MacMillan Center

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Ex: Metric Conversions Using Unit Fractions - Length

This video provides three examples of how to perform metric conversions involving length using unit fractions. Site: http://mathispower4u.com Blog: http://mathispower4u.wordpress.com

From playlist Unit Conversions: Metric Units

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Birth of a Great Observatory

For many centuries, maps of the southern sky showed extensive blank areas -- the Terra Incognita of the heavens. The year 1595: For the first time, Dutch traders set sail to the East Indies. At night, navigators Pieter Keyser and Frederik de Houtman measured the positions of more than 130

From playlist The Solar System

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Allende and Pinochet in Chile | The 20th century | World history | Khan Academy

Outline of the 1973 Allende Coup in Chile and Pinochet's Junta (this video under CC-BY-SA). Created by Sal Khan. Watch the next lesson: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/world-history/euro-hist/cold-war/v/pattern-of-us-cold-war-interventions?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=Desc&utm_campaign

From playlist 1450 - Present | AP World History | Khan Academy

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The Most Devastating Earthquakes In History | Mega Disaster | Spark

When the earthquakes all hell breaks loose, they strike with lighting speed and a huge bulk of destruction. These forces baffle experts who are on a desperate mission to predict when the next big one will hit. The Earth’s titanic forces can rip apart the land, homes and people’s lives. Th

From playlist Mega Disaster

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TOP 5 UFO SIGHTINGS | The Proof is Out There

These 5 UFO sightings are so out of the ordinary that it's difficult to make sense of them. Check them out in this The Proof Is Out There compilation. 0:00 FLYING ORBS SPOTTED IN CHILE 5:17 - DANGEROUS UFO ENCOUNTER AT 35,000 FEET 8:45 - CUBE-SHAPED UFO SHOCKS PILOT 13:19 - UFO SIGHTING I

From playlist The Proof Is Out There: Official Series Playlist | History

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The Unbearable Beauty of the Night Sky

Take a DEEP BREATH before watching this ESOCast mashup with Dr. J. The Sun is setting behind Cerro Paranal in the Chilean Atacama desert. While astronomers get ready to observe with ESO's Very Large Telescope, Nature prepares for her own grand display. As night falls over the desert, the s

From playlist Earth And Its Moon

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Units of MASS in Astronomy ✷ Solar Masses ✷ Jupiter Masses ✷ Earth Masses

Our Socratica Astronomy series is back! Bookmark the playlist here: ✷ https://socratica.link/Astro_Playlist We also ask you join our STELLAR email list so we can notify you when new videos go live: ✷ https://snu.socratica.com/astronomy (Don’t rely on the YT algorithm to show you what

From playlist Astronomy

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Ancient Aliens: Chilean UFO’s Time Traveling Powers (Season 15)

An eyewitness in Chile encounters a mysterious UFO during a routine mission, in this clip from Season 15, "Destination Chile." #AncientAliens Subscribe for more from Ancient Aliens and other great The HISTORY Channel shows: http://histv.co/SubscribeHistoryYT Find out more about the show

From playlist Ancient Aliens: Official Series Playlist | New Episodes Fridays at 9/8c | History

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Christmas Flowers and Foreign Wars: Joel Roberts Poinsett

The bright red flower called the poinsettia has become a traditional part of American Christmas celebrations. But the flower’s common name, which, while it sounds exotic, has nothing to do with the native name for the plant, is a reference to an American diplomat of whom a 1929 edition of

From playlist Christmas

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Loss of Biodiversity

035 - Loss of Biodiversity In this video Paul Andersen explains how biodiversity measures the variety of genes, species, and ecosystems on the planet. Biodiversity provides resources and ecosystem services for humans on the planet. He also explains how biodiversity is decreasing on the

From playlist AP Environmental Science

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Parsecs, astronomical units and light years, distance units explained: fizzics.org

Notes to support this video lesson are here: https://www.fizzics.org/measuring-distance-in-astronomy/ Astronomical units , the parsec and the light year are different units commonly used to measure distances in astronomy. Where they come from and how they relate to our basic units of measu

From playlist Astronomy - physics of measuring distance

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