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Fundamental Tools of Physics Flashcards

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derived from Greek word physis meaning “nature or natural things”

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physics

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 Branch of natural science that deals with matter and energy and its interactions

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physics

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 both descriptive and predictive in nature

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physics

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nature of physics that deals with conceptual understanding, which involves theories, laws, and principles that explain different phenomena

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descriptive

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nature of physics that involves the use of mathematics as a tool in solving physical quantities in various cases.

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predictive

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the process of determining the value of an unknown quantity by comparing it with some pre-defined standard.

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measurement

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– any quantity that can be measured

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physical quantity

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 Its measurement always involved the comparison of the quantity to be measured with a reference standard of the same kind.

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physical quantity

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reference standard used for the comparison

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unit

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defined as a unit of measurement which has a fixed value that does not change from person to person or place to place

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standard unit of measurement

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  • Two major systems of unit of measurement in the world
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SI units
English units

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acronym for the Le Systeme d’Unites that is also known as the metric system

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SI units

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meaning of SI

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Le Systeme d’Unites

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 Standard system agreed upon by scientists and mathematicans

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SI unit

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also known as the imperial system

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english system

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 Once used by nations once ruled by the British Empire

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English units

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 Only the US uses the English units extensively

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English units

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  • Seven fundamental physical quantities
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  1. Length (m)
  2. Mass (kg)
  3. Time (s)
  4. Electric current temperature (A)
  5. Amount of substance (mol)
  6. Luminous intensity (cd)
  7. Temperature (kelvin
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SI unit for length

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m

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SI unit for mass

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kg

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SI unit for time

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s

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SI unit for electric current temperature

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A

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SI units for amount of substance

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mol

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SI unit for luminous intensity

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cd

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SI unit for temperature

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kelvin

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– physical quantities that cannot be explained in terms of other physical quantities

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fundamental quantities

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quantities which are derived from fundamental quantities (e.g. volume, speed, etc.)

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derived quantities

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units of derived quantities and are deducted rom fundamental units e.g. units of velocity, force, work, etc.

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derived units

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  • are the base quantities of a unit system which are independent of other physical quantities.
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fundamental quantities

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  • are the quantities which are derived from the fundamental quantities
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derived quantities

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study metric prefix scale

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+1

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1 kilo = ___ base unit

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1000

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1 centi is equal to ___ base unit

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0.01

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1 milli is equal to what base unit

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0.001

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Area

what unit

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m^2

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density

what unit

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kg m^3

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velocity measurement unit

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m/s

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acceleration unit

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m/s^2

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momentum measurement unit

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kg m/s

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force measurement unit

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kg m/s^2

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pressure unit

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pascal (Pa), kg/ms^2

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work measurement

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joule (j), kg/ m^2s^-2

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energy measurement unit

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j, kg/ m^2s^2

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Power unit

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watt

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angle unit

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radian (rad)

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torque unit

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N m

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frequency unit

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Hz

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impulse unit

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N s

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Gravitational Constant unit

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N m^2 / kg^2

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surface tension unit

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N m-1

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angular momentum unit

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kg-m2/sec

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moment of inertia unit

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kg. m2

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A carpet is to be installed in a room whose length is measured to be 12.71m and whose width is measured to be 3.46m. Find the area of the room.

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The area of the room is 44.0m2.

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The volume of a wallet is 8.50 in3 Convert this value to m3 using the definition 1 in = 2.54 cm.

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The volume of the wallet is 0.000139m3.

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Three forces act on a point object: 100 N at 70.0 degrees South of West, 150 N at 50 degrees Northeast, and 200N East. Find their resultant and direction.

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The resultant force acting on the point object is approximately 262.84 N at an angle of 4.58o North of East.

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A solid cube of aluminum (density 2.70g/cm3) has a volume of 0.200 cm3. It is known that 27.0g of aluminum contains 6.02x1023 atoms. How many aluminum atoms are contained in the cube?

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Thus, the solid cube of aluminum contains approximately 1.20x1022 atoms.

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A solid piece of lead has a mass of 23.94g and a volume of 2.10cm3. From these data, calculate the density of lead in SI units (kg/m3)

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11,400 𝑘𝑔 𝑚3

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a 5 N force is applied to the box at an angle of 30o counterclockwise from the positive x axis. What is the X and Y component of force

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: the resultant vector force is 8.60 N at 84.46o counterclockwise from the positive x axis

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study more practice questions for vector quantities/conversion

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+1

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