Week 1

General
Physics 1
Let’s
review
 Identif y the SI Units
of the following:
1.distance
2.force
3.mass
4.weight
5.amount of substance
Measurement
 Measurement
process of comparing values
to a standard
 Two system of units:

• English system
• International System
 Scientific Notation
• a convenient and widely
used method of expressing
large and small numbers.
 Examples
300 000 000m/s
→ 3.0 x 10 8 m/s
0.000 000 62 kg
→ 6.2 x 10-7 kg
 Try this!
Convert to standard form
-3
2.5 x 10 m/s
7
1.7 x 10 kg
 Try this!
Convert to scientific notation
9,480,000
0.000000064500
SI PREFIXES
 Examples
Convert. Express your answer in
scientific notation.
(a) 55 km to meters
(b) 12 g to kilograms
 Try this!
Convert
3
2.4 kg/m to g/cm 3

Express your answer in scientific

notation
Practice
1. Convert 3.79 g/cm 3 to
kg/m 3

2. The world land speed record is 763.0 mi/h, set on

October 15, 1997, by Andy Green in the jet-
engine car Thrust SSC. Express this speed in
meters per second. (1 mi= 1.609 km)
3. The world’s largest cut diamond is the First Star of
Africa. Its volume is 1.84 cubic inches. What is its
volume in cubic centimeters? In cubic meters?