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Chapter 1: Introduction to physics

1. Base quatities: Length, temperature, current, light intensity, mass


2. Derived quantites: area, volume, density, weight, energy..
3. Scalar quantities: distance, speed, temperature, current, mass, energy, pressure, density
4. Vector quantities: involve magnitude and direction
5. Prefixes:

6. Type of error: systematic error (example zero error), random error (example parallax error)
7. Measuring instrument and its accuracy:
Instrument Accuracy
Metre rule 0.1cm
Vernier caliper 0.01cm
Micrometer screw gauge 0.01mm

Vernier caliper:
Micrometer screw gauge:

8. Type of graph:

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