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Physical Quantities & Units Flashcards

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1
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A property of a material or system that can be obtained and quantified by measurement indicating the appropriate base and unit

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Physical Quantity

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Can be expressed as a value consists of numerical magnitude and the unit in which it is measure: 3.9 grams, 50.0 dL, 19.3g/cm³

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Physical Quantity

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can be expressed as a value of certain unit: grams, kilograms, or pounds

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Physical Quantity

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An operation by which an unknown physical quantity is compared with a known quantity based on standard

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Measurement

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Using your idea of something similar in size or amount to determine the size of the new object

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Estimation

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Helps to make a rough measurement of an object

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Estimation

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Useful when you are in a hurry and exact numbers are not required

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Estimation

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how close a measurement is to the true value

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Accuracy

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Is comparison of a measurement to the actual or accepted value

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Accuracy

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10
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how close the measurements are to each other (reproducibility)

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Precision

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the correct value based on reliable references or the physical quantities with fixed values
Example: density & specific heat capacity

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Accepted value

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12
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the value obtained in lab experimentations

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Experimental value

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accepted value - exp. value
Can be (+) or (-)
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Error

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the absolute value of the error divided by the accepted value, then multiplied by 100%

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Percent error

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Le Systeme International d’Unites

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SI system

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True or False:
All measurement systems have standards. Standards are exact quantities that everyone agrees to use as a basis of comparison.

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True

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Why does the rest of the world uses SI System?

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The SI (International System of Units) system is the form of measurement typically used by scientists.

  • Measurements are easily understood by all scientists
  • Measurements are easier to convert than the English system
  • There are 7 SI base units
  • From these bae units, all other SI units of measurement can be derived.
  • Derived units are used for measurements such as volume, density, and pressure.
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18
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SI stands for?

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International System of Units

19
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What are the commonly used physical quantities?

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  1. Length
  2. Volume
  3. Mass
  4. Density
  5. Temperature
  6. Time
20
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The SI system is based on the number _?

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10

21
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SI Unit of length

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ft, m, cm

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SI unit of mass

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kg, g

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SI unit of volume

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m³, liter

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SI unit of density

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kg/m³

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SI unit of temperature

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K, C

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SI unit of time

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s

27
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are exact quantities that everyone agrees to use as a basis of comparison

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Standards

28
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the distance between two points

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Length

29
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basic unit of length in the SI System

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Meter

30
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a variation of a length measurement

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Area

31
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a measurement of the amount of space something takes up

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Volume

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Basic unit of volume

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Liter

33
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Objects without a definite length, width or height, can use w__ d_____ to determine volume.

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water displacement

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a measurement of the amount of matter in an object

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Mass

35
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how much matter is in something (mass), compared to the amount of space it takes up (volume)

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Density

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a measure of the kinetic energy of the atoms in an object

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Temperature

37
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True or False:
The specific gravity of a substance is the density of this substance divided by the density of water, which is 1.00 g/mL.
Unitless quantity

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True

38
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A widely used technique for such conversions using the rules of algebra

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Factor-label method/ unit-factor method/ Dimensional Analysis

39
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The ratio of the mass of an object to its volume

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Density

40
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An intensive property that depends only on the composition of a substance, not the size of the sample

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Density

41
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measures the volume of an irregularly shaped object

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Water Displacement Method

42
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When mass is measured in grams, and volume in cubic centimeters, the unit of density then is?

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grams per cubic centimeter (g/cm³)

43
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True or False:
The volume of substances will change with temperature, so accurate volume-measuring devices are calibrated at a given temperature

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True

44
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For large distances, it is most appropriate to express measurements in?

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km

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