SCIENCE FORM 1 - CHAPTER

1.2
- MEASUEMENT OF
SCIENCE
BY KELVIN

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1.4 PHYSICAL QUANTITIES 15/1/201

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AND THEIR UNITS
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1.5 WEIGHT AND MASS
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1.6 MEASURING TOOLS
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1.7 THE IMPORTANCE OF 20/1/201
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STANDARD UNITS
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1.4 PHYSICAL QUANTITIES AND THEIR UNITS

1. There are five physical quantities which

can be measured, that is length, mass,
time, temperature and electric current.
2. Physical quantities can be measured in
System International dUnits (SI) units. Its
means International System of Units.
3. The following table shows the physical
quantities and their SI unit.
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Physical
quantity

SI unit

Symbol

length

Meter

mass

kilogram

kg

time

Second

temperature

Kelvin

electric
current

Ampere

A
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Prefix

Symbol

Numerical
value

Mega

1 000 000

Kilo

1 000

centi

0.01

milli

0.001

micro

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Example

Value of physical
quantity

Prefix

6 000 000 K

6 MK

5 000 g

5 kg

0.06 A

6 cA

0.008 s

8 ms
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State 5 physical quantities and their SI unit .

Physical quantity

S.I unit

Symbol

Change the values of the physical quantities to the

prefix forms.
(a)5 000 g = ___________ kg
(b)0.008 kg = ___________ g
(c) 7 500 g = ___________ kg
(d)5 500 m = ___________ km
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(e)200 m = ___________ km
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(f) 0.03 m = ____________ cm

Change the value of the physical quantity

given to the standard form and the prefix
form.
Value of physical
quantity

Standard form

Prefix form

5 000 000 m
0.009 s
7 000 A
0.000 004 K
0.05g

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1.5 WEIGHT AND MASS

1)The concept of weight and mass.
2)Weight is the gravitational force acting on an object.
3)The greater the force pulling the object towards the
centre of Earth, the heavier of object.
4)Spring balance is used to measure weight.
5)Weight is measured in Newton (N)
1 N = 0.1 kg
1 kg = 10 N
6)Mass is the amount of matter in an object.
7)Mass of an object can be measured by using beam
balance, a lever balance or electronic balance.
8)The SI unit for mass is kilogram (kg).
9)Mass can also be measured in gram (g) and milligram
(mg).
1 kg = 1000 g
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1 g = 1000 mg

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1.6 Measuring Tools

1)The S.I. unit for length is the meter (m).
2)The unit `meter is used to measure objects
such as cloth, tables, poles and running
tracks.
3)Longer distances are measured in
kilometers (km) and shorter distances are
measured in centimeters (cm).
4)The length of a curve is measured using a
ruler and a thread, or opisometre
(measuring tool for maps).
5)Temperature is the degree of hotness or PG
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coldness.

6)The S.I. unit for temperature is the Kelvin

(k).
7)However, in daily usage, temperature is
measured in the Celsius scale which is
named after the Swedish scientist,
Anders Celsius.
8)The unit used for temperature is degrees
Celsius (C).
9)The volume of regular shape or irregular
shape solids can be measured using
water displacement method.
10)The volume of water displaced is equal to
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the volume of the object.
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