Practical skills/ working as a physicist

Question 1

What is the prefix for x10-2

Answer 1

Centimeter

Question 2

What is the prefix for x10-1

Answer 2

Decimeter

Question 3

What is the prefix for x10-3

Answer 3

Milli

Question 4

What is the prefix for x10-6

Answer 4

Micro

Question 5

What is the prefix for x10-9

Answer 5

Nano

Question 6

What is the prefix for x10-12

Answer 6

pico

Question 7

What is the prefix for x10-15

Answer 7

Femto

Question 8

What is the prefix for x10 3

Answer 8

Kilo

Question 9

What is the prefix for x10 6

Answer 9

Mega

Question 10

What is the prefix for x10 9

Answer 10

Giga

Question 11

What is the prefix for x10 12

Answer 11

Terra

Question 12

How do you find the percentage uncertainty of a measurement?

Answer 12

Divide the uncertainty by the reading x 100

Question 13

How do you find the fraction uncertainty?

Answer 13

Divide uncertainty by the reading

Question 14

How do you combine a percentage uncertainty if you are adding or subtracting the measurements?

Answer 14

Add the uncertainties

Question 15

How do you combine a percentage uncertainty if you are multiplying or dividing the uncertainties?

Answer 15

Add them

Question 16

How do you combine a percentage uncertainty if you are raising it to a power?

Answer 16

You multiply the percentage uncertainty by the power

Question 17

What is the area under the graph for an acceleration time graph?

Answer 17

Change in velocity

Question 18

What is the area under the graph for a force-time graph

Answer 18

Impulse

Question 19

What is the area under the graph for a force- displacement graph?

Answer 19

Work done