SI Base Units (GCSE)

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Unit Meter (metre) Kilogram Second Ampere Kelvin Mole Candela

SI Base Units Symbol m kg s A K mol cd

SI Prefixes for Decimal Multiples Quantity Length Mass Time Electric current Thermodynamic temperature Amount of substance Luminous intensity
Factor Name
Symbol

In English

10

24

1021 1018 10
15

1012 109 106 103 102 101 100 10-1 10-2 10-3

Radian Steradian

SI Supplementary Units Plane angle (2D rad angle) Solid angle (3D sr angle) Mechanics

Pascal Joule Watt Newton

Pa J W N

kgm-1s-2 kgm2s-2 kgm s kgms-2


2 -3

Pressure, Stress Energy, Work, Heat Power Force, Weight

yotta (gr. okto eight) zetta (lat. septem seven) exa (gr. ex - six) peta (gr. penta five) tera (gr. teras monster) giga (gr. gigas giant) mega (gr. megas great) kilo (gr. khilioi thousand) hecto (gr. hekaton hundred) deca (gr. deka ten) deci (lat. decimus tenth) centi (lac. centum hundredth) milli (lac. mille thousand) micro (gr. mikros small) nano (gr. nanos dwarf) pico (it. piccolo small) femto (den. femten fifteen) atto (den. atten eighteen) zepto (lat. septem seven) yocto (gr. okto eight)

Y Z E P T G M k h da

septillion sextillion quintillion quadrillion trillion billion million thousand hundred ten one tenth hundredth thousandth millionth billionth trillionth quadrillionth

d c m n p f a z y

Tesla Henry Coulomb Volt Farad Siemens Weber Ohm

Electromagnetism T kgs-2A-1 H kgm2s-2A-2 C As V kgm2s-3A-1 F S Wb kg-1m-2s4A2 kg-1m-2s3A2 kgm2s-2A-1 kgm2s-3A-3 Optics cdsrm-2 cdsr

Magnetic Field Inductance Electric Charge Voltage Electric Capacitance Electrical Conductance Magnetic Flux Electric Resistance

10-6 10-9 10-12 10-15 10-18 10-21

quintillionth sextillionth septillionth

Lux Lumen

lx lm

Illuminance Luminous Flux

10-24

Becquerel Gray Sievert

Radioactivity Bq s-1 Gy m2s-1 Sv m2s-1 Other s-1 mols-1

Radioactivity Absorbed Dose Equivalent Dose

Hertz Katal

Hz kat

Frequency Catalytic Activity

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