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Unit 1 Physical Quantities, Units and Measurement

1. Physical Quantities a. Building concepts: Identifying physical quantities b. Speed test on defining physical quantities

2. SI units a. Building concepts: Identifying SI units b. Speed test on derived physical quantities

3. Prefixes a. Speed test on recalling physical quantities b. Changing prefixes and SI units according to changes in an equation c. Understanding magnitudes

4. Scalars and vectors a. Defining scalars and vectors b. Adding vectors c. Speed test on scalars and vectors

5. Measurement of length and time a. Usage of micrometers and vernier callipers b. Speed test on measurements

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c. Measuring short time intervals using stopwatches including how to avoid errors.

Physical Quantities

Build a Concept

Speed Test: Which of the following would you consider as physical quantities?

234g

650kg 894V 9 756

227

209

250g

18.9 mol 760 652 sheep

250 g 670.9 256 610 girls 179

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153

646 dogs 8.43 kV

73

220

13 mol 863 cd 111 pens 400 38.5 802 mol122 645 312 g 125 144 452

368 35.8 mm 778 258 898 654 323 K 514 213 614 109 cd 632 455 457 g 185 mol 79 754 776cd 642 143V 453 561 86 4.17 674

415cd 609

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SI Quantities Build a Concept

Why these seven ?

Differentiating Base units from derived units: ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________

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Speed Test : Derive the units for the unknown term in following generic formulae.
Formulae Terms Derived Units

Note: Always leave your answers with the correct derived SI units for exams, tests and all assignments.

Prefixes
Speed Test : Recall the value of the following prefixes.
Prefix Deci Centi Milli Micro Nano Value What pattern do you observe here?

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Scalars and Vectors Build a Concept

Find the resultant vectors for each of the following. Push of 5N 20o and pull of 3N 20o. Pull of 7.1N 120o and push of 8N 180o

Push of 10N 20o and push of 10N 20o

Push 120o and pull 65o of same magnitude.

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Speed Test : Identify if the following are Scalars or Vectors.

a.5 m b. 30 m/sec, East c. 5 mi., North d. 20 degrees Celsius e. 256 bytes f. 4000 Calories

Measurement of length and time Build a Concept

Using the first example as a guide, read the measurements for each of the following vernier callipers.

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