Practical Skills Flashcards
What are the Base Quantities?
Mass
Distance
Time
Electric Current
Temperature
Amount of Substance
Luminous Intensity
What are the Base Units and their Symbols?
Kilogram (kg)
Metre (m)
Second (s)
Ampere (A)
Kelvin (K)
Mole (mol)
Candela (cd)
What are the Prefixes, Symbols, and Multipliers?
femto f -15
pico p -12
nano n -9
micro μ -6
milli m -3
centi c -2
kilo k 3
mega M 6
giga G 9
tera T 12
peta P 15
What are the Order of Operations?
Brackets
Indices
Division
Multiplication
Addition
Subtraction
What is a Measurement Error?
The difference between the true value and the measured value.
What is a Random Error?
A measurement error in which measurements vary unpredictably.
What is a Systematic Error?
Values which vary from the same amount each time.
What is Accuracy?
Results which are close to the accepted value.
What is Precision?
Results which are close to one another.
What is Reliability?
