Physical Quantities Flashcards
Numbers that are too large r too small
Scientific Notation
We can observe n measure
Physical quantities
It concerns the blank of various physical quantities such as mass, time, length, and area
Measurement
Everyone needs to follow a blank system of measuring physical quantities
Uniform
Refers to the amount of matter that an object contains
Mass
physical quantities inlcude
Mass, time, angle, length, area, volume
How the force of gravity acts upon that mass
Weight
It measured in seconds, minutes, hours, and so on.
Time
Describe the direction of motion of an object or the position
Angle
1 rad is = to
57.296 degrees
Defined as the distance from one point to another
Length
Amount of space within TWO dimensional region.
Area
Measured in terms f square units
Area
Also bounded a certain region but in THREE dimensions
Volume
Measured in cubic units
Volume
French word of SI
Système International
Is used universally as a standard for measurements
International system of units SI
Used in england up to 1826, which evolved as a combination of the anglo-saxon and roman system of units
English units
Basic units for length
Inch, foot, yard, mile