1 Skills for physics

m length A current
? cm
?s
kg
10 –12 pico
?N ?A mass K temperature 10 –9 nano
10 – 6 micro
10 –3 milli
? cm 3 10 3 kilo
s mol 10 6 mega
? kg time amount of substance 10 9 giga
10 12 tera

1.1 Physical quantities KC 1.2 SI units KC

Units of measurement

scalar vector V A
13 :0 3

time acceleration
volume velocity
speed
mass
force
displacement
kg s
energy momentum

1.4 Scalars and vectors KC 2.1 Measurements KC

precise imprecise
Measurement uncertainty
±0.05 ˚C

systematic
±0.01 g
random
accurate inaccurate

2.2 Errors and uncertainties KC

Key: KC 1 KC 2 KC 3 KC 4 KC 5
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