It depends on the scale. For a scale in a chemistry lab probably a gram. For old fashioned stores: a kilogram. Precision scales could be a milligram.
There is no real "basic" metric unit for a balance scale. The counterweights you use are determined by the item you are measuring.
The basic metric unit for weight is the newton.
The basic metric unit of measure for length is the meter (m).
Mass.
The basic unit of length in the metric system is the meter.
Probably a kilogram.
The basic metric unit for weight is the newton.
The basic metric unit of measure for length is the meter (m).
Newtons is the basic metric system unit for weight
The basic unit is a Kelvin but it is common to use a degree Celsius. The Kelvin scale is absolute whereas the zero point on the Celsius scale is arbitrary.
Metric and customary measurements are similar in the way that they both are used to measure things. They differ though, in the scale they use and the way that they measure.
The SI, or metric, base unit for length is the metre.
cm and meters
The kilogram is the Base Unit (not 'basic' unit) in the SI system (not 'metric system') for mass.
The kilogram is one of the 7 basic units of the SI (the current metric system).
A Newton.
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Kilograms