Units And Measurements Flashcards
How many fundamental quantities
7 which are independent fromnothers
Length m
Mass kg
Time s
Temperature k
Current amp
Luminous intensity candela
Mole of the substance mole
Supplemenyary physical quantities
Plain angle d teta circle
Arc length/ radius units radians
Solid angle d omega
Spehere area of the arc
Area of arc / radius square units steradian
Relationship bte degree and radian
180° = π radin
1 radina is equal to 57 °
System of units
System length mass time
Fps britis foot pound sec
Cgs metric fren 1957 centi gram sec
Mks/ si giorge 1971 metre kg sec
Decimeter
1/10 metre 100 cm is decimeter
1/100 metre centi 10 milli
1/1000 metre one milli
Micro meter/ micron
10 ^-6 one millionth metre
10^ -3 milli metres
One million 10 laqhs
One billion 100 crores
The size of polythene bags expressed in
Microns
The size of bacteria expressed in microns
Nano metre
10 ^ -9 mts
One billonth metre
One crore 7 zeros
Angstrom unit
10 ^-10 mts. 10 ^-8 cms
Atomic radius is measured by angstorm unit
Pico meter
1 pm = 10 ^ -12
1 Fermi
10 ^ -15 mts.
Nuclear reactor, radius of nucleaus of an atom is measured or expressed by fermi
Nick name of fermi smallest unit for measuring the distance
The largest unit for meausring the distance
Parsec
1 parsec = 3.26 light years.
Light year
The distance travelled by the light during one year is called light year
One light year 9.46 *10 ^ 12 kms
9.46 * 10 ^15 mts
6.33 *10 ^4 astronomical
Speed of the light in vaccum
3 lkh km per second
3 * 10 ^ 8 m / s
3* 10 ^ 5 km / s
186287 miles per second
Astronomical unit
The distance bt centre of the sun and centre of the earth is called astronomical unit
1 astronomical unit = 149.6 million km
15 crores km
1 million 10 lkh 6 zeros
1 crore 7 zeros
1 billion 100 crores 9 zeros
Ncert 1.496*10^11 mts
One mile
1.6 km 1600 mts
One nautical mile
1.8 kms
1852 mts
The surface of the sea expressed in nautical miles
One inch
2.54 cms
12 inch = 1 feet
1 yard = 3 feet
1 fathom= 6 feets
1.8288 mts
Fatho meter
Is used to measure the depth of the seas or oceans
Altimeter
To measure the height
1 cent
48 yard
1 acr= 4840 yards
1 hector = 2.5 acrs =10000 m2
100 ares
Irregular areas measured by
Graph
1 barrel
159 litres
1 gallon
4.54 litres
1 inch 2.54 cm
Tmc
Thousand million cubic feets
Used for water storage capacity expressed in tmc in the reservoir
Cusec
Cubic feets per second
The rate of flow of water expressed in cusec
The volume of irregular objects measured using
Measuring cylinders
Mass
Platinum + iridium France 1889 0 ° c
One pound
453 gms.
Or 450
One kg
2.2 pounds
One table spoon
4.2 gms
One ounce
28.35 gm
Smallest unit for mass
Amu( atomic mass unit)
C12 /12 mass of carbon/12
Largest unit for mass
Chandra sekhar limit
1.4 * mass of sun
Mass of sun
2*10^30
Mass of earth
6 *10^ 24
Mass of moon
7 * 10 ^22
Conventions of masses
Milli centi deci gram deca hecta kilo
(-) ____________ _________________(+)
Smallest unit for time
Nano sec 10 ^ -9
Shake =10^-8
Largest unit measure for time
Cosmic year
Sun revolves around milk way
Sun speed 300 km / sec
The time taken Sun to revolve around the milky Way galaxy is called cosmic year
1 cosmic 250 million years
25 crores years
Measuring the time used mostly accurately
Atomic clockes
Made up of ceasium (55)
The purity of milk measured with
Lactometer
The working principles of lacho meter and submarine
Laws of floatation
Tachometer
Rpm
Odometer is distance( the distance covered by the vehicle
Speedometer in bikes ( to know the speed of the vehicle
Purity of gold 1 carrot
1 carrot - 200 milligrams
The density of gases maximum at which
Density prop to mass inversely to volume
At low temperature and high pressure
Substance density
Water 1 g/ cc
Ice 0.9 g/ cc
Kerosene 0.8 g /cc
Wood 0.7 g /cc
Alcohol 0.79 g / cc
Hg Mercury 13.6 g /cc
Iron 7.8 g/ cc
Copper 8.9
Gold 19.3
Platinum 24
Air 1.29 *10 ^-3 0.0012
H 8.9 * 10 -^5
Who state laws of floatation
Archimedes
1 if the density of the object greater than the density of liquid then the object sink
2 if the density of the object less than the density of the liquid then the object floats
Deniity of water
1 gm/ cc
Ice cube 0.9 gm/ cc
Density of alochol
0.78 gm cc
Nail in mercury
Floats.
Because iron has 7.86
But mercury has 13.6
Density of iron
7.86
Gold
19.29
Silver 10.5
Diamond 3.51
Platinum 21.5
Earth density
5.515 gm /cc
Saturn 0.625
Compare sea and river water density
Sea water more dense than the river water
It is easier to swim in sea water
Dense of sea -
Relative density or specific density
Relative has no units remember
Density of substance/ density of water at 4°
Refractive index
Mark number
Relative permeability
Magnetic susceptibility
Relative density of liquids measured by
Hydrometer
Humidity hygrometer
The density Water density max at4°
Because the volume of water min at 4°
Reason
When we heat water in the boil kinda heat istunte heat perigi 4 ° dagara bowl expand avvudii avvagane volume of water kindaki diguddii apude
Ureka is a word first coined by
Archimedes,
Archimedes principle
Bowl teskunadu with water, 10 rs coin vesadu asalu kali ledu water padipokunda ah water ni collect chesi baruvu chusaru
Coin weight Is equal to the water displaced weight