WEIGHTS, MEASUREMENTS AND CONVERSION FACTORS Flashcards
MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS
WHAT ARE THE THREE SYSTEMS OF MEASUREMENT?
- BRITISH IMPERIAL UNITS
- UNITED STATES CUSTOMARY UNITS
- SI UNITS
MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS
WHAT DOES SI STAND FOR?
INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF UNITS
MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS
WHAT IS SI?
THE INTERNATIONAL DECIMAL SYSTEM OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
DERIVED FROM AND EXTENDING THE METRIC SYSTEM OF UNITS
SI UNITS
LENGTH
L,d,s
METRE
m
SI UNITS
MASS
m
KILOGRAM
kg
SI UNITS
TIME
t
SECOND
s
SI UNITS
SPEED, VELOCITY
v
METRE PER SECOND
m/s
SI UNITS
ACCELERATION
a
METRE PER SECOND SQUARED
m/s²
SI UNITS
TEMPERATURE
T
DEGREE CELCIUS
°C
SI UNITS
THERMODYNAMIC TEMPERATURE
T
KELVIN
K
SI UNITS
AREA
A
SQUARE METRE
m²
SI UNITS
VOLUME
V
CUBIC METRE
m³
SI UNITS
DENSITY
p(RHO)
KILOGRAM PER CUBIC METRE
kg/m³
METRIC SI PREFIXES
YOTTA
Y
1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000
10²⁴
YOTTAWATT
AT 24 I WENT ON A YACHT
METRIC SI PREFIXES
ZETTA
Z
1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000
10²¹
ZETTAWATT
AT 21 I ZETTLED WITH DOUG
METRIC SI PREFIXES
EXA
E
1 000 000 000 000 000 000
10¹⁸
EXAWATT
AT 18 I HAD MY FIRST EX
METRIC SI PREFIXES
PETA
P
1 000 000 000 000 000
10¹⁵
PETAWATT
AT 15 I PET A LLAMA
METRIC SI PREFIXES
TERA
T
1 000 000 000 000
10¹²
TERAWATT
AT 12 I WAS A TERROR
METRIC SI PREFIXES
GIGA
G
1 000 000 000
10⁹
GIGAWATT
AT 9 I GIGGLED A LOT
METRIC SI PREFIXES
MEGA
M
1 000 000
10⁶
MEGAWATT
AT 6 I WAS GETTING MEGA
METRIC SI PREFIXES
KILO
k
1 000
10³
KILOWATT
METRIC SI PREFIXES
HECTO
h
100
10²
HECTOWATT
METRIC SI PREFIXES
DEKA
da
10
10¹
DEKAWATT
METRIC SI PREFIXES
DECI
d
0.1
10-¹
DECIWATT
METRIC SI PREFIXES
CENTI
c
0.01
10-²
CENTIWATT
METRIC SI PREFIXES
MILLI
m
0.001
10-³
MILLIWATT
METRIC SI PREFIXES
MICRO
µ
0.000 001
10-⁶
MICROWATT
METRIC SI PREFIXES
NANO
n
0.000 000 001
10-⁹
NANOWATT
METRIC SI PREFIXES
PICO
p
0.000 000 000 001
10-¹²
PICOWATT
METRIC SI PREFIXES
FEMTO
f
0.000 000 000 000 001
10-¹⁵
FEMTOWATT
METRIC SI PREFIXES
ATTO
a
0.000 000 000 000 000 001
10-¹⁸
ATTOWATT
METRIC SI PREFIXES
ZEPTO
z
0.000 000 000 000 000 000 001
10-²¹
ZEPTOWATT