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1.2 PHYSICCAL QUANTITIES

Mass, weight, length (height, distance, displacement), area, volume, density, momentum, force, impuls, energy, work, power, time, period, frequency, speed, velocity, acceleration, voltage, current, temperature, pressure.

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Heavy, narrow, higher, big, space, strong, colour, hot, fast, powerfull, sharp, difficult, hard etc.

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Physical Quantities
Base Quantities Cannot be defined in terms of other quantities
Quantity Length Mass Symbol SI unit metre kilogra m Symbol of unit

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Derived Quantities Derived from combinations of base quantities

Quantity Volume Force Energy Symbol Symbol of unit

m kg

V F E f v

m3 kg m s-2 kg m-2 s-2 s-1 m s-1

Time
Temperatur e Electric current
q a

t
T I

second
kelvin ampere

s
K A

Frequency Velocity

What is the mean of physics quantity?

Quantities that have a symbol, magnitud and unit.
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The way to get derived quantities from base quantities

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BASIC QUANTITY
MASS LENGTH TIME
TEMPERATURE
ELECTRIC CURRENT ELECTRIC CURRENT

DERIVED QUANTITY

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LENGTH

LENGTH

AREA VELOCITY

LENGTH

TIME

TIME

Quantity of CHARGE

AREA

MASS

LENGTH
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TIME

TIME FORCE

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Prefixes
Prefixes are used to simplify the description of physical quantities.
Examples 0.000000015 m 0.000000015 m 0.0015 m 0.0015 m 15 m Prefix (symbol) Value Similarities

Piko, p Nano , n Micro , Mili, m Centi, c Desi, d Kilo, k

10-12 10-9 10-6 10-3 10-2 10-1 103

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15,000 pm 15 nm 1,500 m 1.5 mm 150 cm 150 dm

15 m
1,500,000,000 m 1,500,000,000 m

1,500,000 km
1,500 Mm 1.5 Gm 0.0015 Tm
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Mega, M
Giga, G

106
109

1,500,000,000 m
1,500,000,000 m

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Tera, T

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