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    This document discusses physical quantities and measurements in physics. It defines physical quantities as measurable attributes and divides them into basic and derived quantities. Basic quantities like length, mass, and time cannot be derived from other quantities, while derived quantities like velocity and force can be expressed in terms of basic quantities. Standard units are used to measure quantities, like meters for length and seconds for time. The System International (SI) units are commonly used today. Prefixes are also used to modify units for larger or smaller values, like kilo for 1000 and milli for 0.001.

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    This document discusses physical quantities and measurements in physics. It defines physical quantities as measurable attributes and divides them into basic and derived quantities. Basic quantities like length, mass, and time cannot be derived from other quantities, while derived quantities like velocity and force can be expressed in terms of basic quantities. Standard units are used to measure quantities, like meters for length and seconds for time. The System International (SI) units are commonly used today. Prefixes are also used to modify units for larger or smaller values, like kilo for 1000 and milli for 0.001.

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    This document discusses physical quantities and measurements in physics. It defines physical quantities as measurable attributes and divides them into basic and derived quantities. Basic quantities like length, mass, and time cannot be derived from other quantities, while derived quantities like velocity and force can be expressed in terms of basic quantities. Standard units are used to measure quantities, like meters for length and seconds for time. The System International (SI) units are commonly used today. Prefixes are also used to modify units for larger or smaller values, like kilo for 1000 and milli for 0.001.

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    PHYSICS

    www.kmph.matrik.edu.my/physics

    CHAPTER 1

    CHAPTER 1: Physical quantities and measurements (5 Hours)

    PHYSICS CHAPTER 1 1.1 Physical Quantities and Units


    Physical quantity is defined as a quantity which can be measured. It can be categorised into 2 types Basic (base) quantity Derived quantity Basic quantity is defined as a quantity which cannot be derived from any physical quantities. Table 1.1 shows all the basic (base) quantities. Quantity Length Mass Time Temperature Electric current Amount of substance Symbol SI Unit metre kilogram second kelvin ampere mole candela Symbol

    l m t T/ I N

    m kg s K A mol cd
    2

    Table 1.1

    Luminous Intensity

    PHYSICS

    CHAPTER 1
    Derived quantity is defined as a quantity which can be expressed in term of base quantity. Table 1.2 shows some examples of derived quantity.

    Derived quantity
    Velocity

    Symbol

    Formulae

    Unit
    m s-1

    s/t

    Volume
    Acceleration

    V
    a

    lwt
    v/t

    M3
    m s-2

    Density
    Momentum Force Table 1.2 Work

    p F W

    m/V
    mv ma Fs

    kg m-3
    kg m s-1 kg m s-2 @ N kg m2 s-2 @ J

    PHYSICS

    CHAPTER 1
    Unit is defined as a standard size of measurement of physical quantities. Examples : 1 second is defined as the time required for 9,192,631,770 vibrations of radiation emitted by a caesium-133 atom. 1 kilogram is defined as the mass of a platinum-iridium cylinder kept at International Bureau of Weights and Measures Paris. 1 meter is defined as the length of the path travelled by light in vacuum during a time interval of

    1 s 299,792,458

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    CHAPTER 1
    The unit of basic quantity is called base unit addition unit for base unit: unit of plane angle - radian (rd)

    rad 180o
    1 rad

    180o

    57.296o

    unit of solid angle- steradian (sr)

    The common system of units used today are S.I unit (System International/metric system) and cgs unit - UK. The unit of derived quantity called derived unit

    PHYSICS
    1.1.1 Unit Prefixes

    CHAPTER 1
    It is used for presenting larger and smaller values. Table 1.3 shows all the unit prefixes. Prefix tera giga mega kilo deci centi milli micro Table 1.3 nano pico Value 1012 109 106 103 10-1 10-2 10-3 10-6 10-9 10-12 Symbol T G M k d c m n p

    Examples: 2700000 m = 2700 km = 2.7 Mm 0.00000476 s = 4.76 x 10-6 s = 4.76 s

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