Fundamental Units/Properties Flashcards

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1
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What 3 things does a measurement indicate?

A

magnitude, unit, property/quantity being measured

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2
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composite/derived property/quantity

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prop’s/quant’s derived from (made up of) 2/more other quant’s

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3
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Wat kind of units do comp/derived prop’s have?

A

composite units

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4
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composite units

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units tht r actually made up of other, more fundamental units

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5
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how many fund prop’s r there?

A

7

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6
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fund prop’s/quant’s

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prop’s tht can’t be derived from other prop’s

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7
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fund unit

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each fund quant has an associated fun unit in the International System (SI System) which is used almost worldwide in sci. can’t be broken down in2 other units

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8
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fund units of length, time, & mass

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length - meter (m)
time - seconds (s)
mass - kilogram (kg)

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9
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7 fund units

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length
time
mass (how much matter)
temperature
electric current
amount (how many of something) 
luminous intensity
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10
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base unit of mass

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gram (g)

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11
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order of metric ladder

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kilo, hecto, deca, base (gram, liter, sec, meter), deci, centi, milli

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12
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Can you add measurements with different properties and units?

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No, but you can add measurements of different units and same properties

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13
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unit + unit

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unit

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14
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unit - unit

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unit

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15
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unit * unit

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unit^2

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16
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can you multiply measurements of different quantities and units?

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yes

17
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unita * unitb

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unita(unitb)