Units of measurement

Question 1

What is a quantity?

Answer 1

Anything that can be measured

Question 2

What is a unit?

Answer 2

Used as a standard for measurement of the same kind of quantity that is defined by convention or by law (whatever that means)

Question 3

What are the 2 types of quantities?

Answer 3

Base or fundamental- cannot be made up of any other quantity( there are 5 of them that correspond with S.I units)
Derived- composed of 1 or more base quantities together or sometimes other derived quantities. (there’s like infinite as Hank said- area, volume, force etc.)

Question 4

Length (l) in S.I unit is?

Answer 4

Metre (m)

Question 5

Time (t) in S.I unit is?

Answer 5

second (s)

Question 6

Mass (m) in S.I unit is?

Answer 6

Kilogram (kg)

Question 7

Temperature (T- capital t) in S.I units is?

Answer 7

Kelvin (K- capital k)

Question 8

Electric Current (I- capital i) in S.I unit is?

Answer 8

Ampere (A- capital a)

Question 9

What is the numerical value for Mega (M)

Answer 9

10 to the power of 6

Question 10

What is the numerical value for Kilo (K)

Answer 10

10 to the power of 3

Question 11

What is the numerical value for Centi (C)

Answer 11

10 to the power of -2

Question 12

What is the numerical value for Milli (m- only common letter)

Answer 12

10 to the power of -3

Question 13

What is the numerical value for Micro (M)

Answer 13

10 to the power of -6