Week 1 Activity: Measurements and Quantities (Revisited)

Name: _________________________________________ Grade 12 STEM Sec. ____________

I. Conversion of Units
Set A. Convert the following Fundamental (Suggested time 20 minutes)
Quantities to required units. 172,800
6. 2 days = __________________ s
(Suggested time 5 minutes)
1. 10 km = __________________
1e+6 cm 7. 5e+6
5 m 3 = ___________________ cm 3
0.002
2. 2 mA = ___________________ A 1000
8. 10 cm 2 = _________________ mm 2
5000
3. 5 kg = ___________________ g
9. 68.4
10 m / s = ________________ km / h
4. 1.5 J = ___________________
0.0015 kJ
10. 1 g / cm 3 = _______________
1000 kg / m 3
1,500
5. 1.5 Gb = __________________ mb
Set B. Convert the following Derived
Quantities to required units ( 3 pts. Each )
II. Scientific Notation
Set A. Write the following numbers into Set B, Write the following Scientific
proper Scientific Notations. Notations to Decimal forms.
(Suggested time 5 minutes) (Suggested time 5 minutes)
3.56 x 10^-5
11. 0.0000356 m = ___________________
16. 3.0 X 100 kg = ____________________
3
20 x 10^6
12. 20 000 000 J = ____________________ 15
17. 1.5 X 10 kV = ____________________
0.2 x 10
13. 2.0 A = __________________________
18. 3.0 X 10 8 m / s = _________________
300,000,000
0.05 x 10
14. 0.5 kg = _________________________
19. 2.2 X 10 – 11 m = __________________
2.2e-11
15. 20 cm 3 = ________________________
2 x 10
20. 2.0 X 10 3 mA = ________________
2000

III. Vector and Scalar Quantities

Set A. Identify the following quantities whether a SCALAR or a VECTOR. Write S if the
quantity is a Scalar Quantity and V if it is a Vector Quantity. (Suggested time 5 minutes)
S 21. 5 kg
____ V 24. 9.8 m / s 2
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S 22. 10 km North East
____ S 25. 50 N weight
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V 23. 3.0 N upward V 26. 1.5 X 10 3 mA
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Set B. Essay. Answer the following questions. ( 2 pts each ) (Suggested time 10 minutes)
27 – 28. What is the difference between scalar quantities and vector quantities? _______________
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A scalar quantity is a quantity that has a size but has no direction, on the other hand a vector quantity
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is also a quantity that has a size but it acts in a particular direction.
Give at least two advantages of giving direction to a quantity in your daily life?
29. ____________________________________________________________________________
30. ____________________________________________________________________________
IV. Errors in Measurements
Procedure
Set A. Analyze the Concept Map at
the right. In all measurements, there
are always errors. Define each type
of errors and explain briefly how to
reduce each type of error.
(Suggested time 30 minutes)
31 – 32. Gross Error ______________________________________________________________
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How to minimize? ______________________________________________________
33 – 34 Blunders ________________________________________________________________
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How to minimize? ______________________________________________________
35 – 36 Systematic Error __________________________________________________________
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How to minimize? ______________________________________________________
37 – 38 Random Error ____________________________________________________________
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How to minimize? ______________________________________________________
39 – 40 Instrumental Errors ________________________________________________________
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How to minimize? ______________________________________________________
41 – 42 Environmental Errors_______________________________________________________
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How to minimize? ______________________________________________________
43 – 44 Observational Errors_______________________________________________________
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How to minimize? ______________________________________________________
45 – 46 Theoretical Errors__________________________________________________________
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How to minimize? ______________________________________________________
Set B. Essay (Suggested time 10 minutes)
47 – 48. Differentiate Accuracy and Precision in measurement. ____________________________
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49 – 50. Explain briefly the importance of accuracy and precision in measurements in our daily
lives especially this time of Pandemic. _______________________________________________
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Set C. Using the equation below in determining the accuracy of a measurement in the given
problem below. (Suggested time 10 minutes)

% Error = ( Theoretical or True Value – Experimental or Observed Value ) X 100

Theoretical or True Value
50 – 55. What is the percentage of error of a student conducting a pendulum experiment if the
average period of his pendulum with 30 cm long string supporting the bob after three (3) trials is
1.5 seconds compared to a theoretical value of 1.099 seconds?

Given:

Equation:

Solution and answer: