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Physics Notes: 1.1 Measurement and Units

The document discusses measurement and units in physics. It outlines the seven SI fundamental units used to measure distance, time, mass, electrical current, temperature, amount of substance, and light. All other units are derived from combinations of these fundamental units. Measurements are often written in scientific notation to avoid ambiguity with a number between 1-10 and a power of 10 multiplier. Derived unit symbols use single spaces between individual units, while prefix multipliers have no space from the unit symbol.

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Physics Notes: 1.1 Measurement and Units

The document discusses measurement and units in physics. It outlines the seven SI fundamental units used to measure distance, time, mass, electrical current, temperature, amount of substance, and light. All other units are derived from combinations of these fundamental units. Measurements are often written in scientific notation to avoid ambiguity with a number between 1-10 and a power of 10 multiplier. Derived unit symbols use single spaces between individual units, while prefix multipliers have no space from the unit symbol.

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  • Physics Notes: This section provides foundational concepts related to physics, focusing on measurement, units, and data representation.

Physics Notes

1.1 Measurement and units


 The SI (International System) of units consists of seven fundamental units. They are:
-Metre (m), which measures distance
-second (s), which measures time
-kilogram (kg), which measures mass
-Ampere (A), which measures electrical current
-Kelvin (K) which measures temperature
-Mole (mol), which measures amount of substance
And
-Candela (cd), which measures light.

 All other units of measurement are somehow all derived from a combination of these
fundamental units. A derived unit is a combination of fundamental units.

 To overcome confusion or ambiguity or just for plain ease, measurements are often written in
scientific notation. Quantities are written as a number between one and ten and then multiplied
by an appropriate power of ten.

 Symbols for derived units are written with single spaces between each of the individual unit
spaces.

 There must be no space between a prefix multiplying factor and a unit symbol.

1.2 Data

Physics Notes 1.1 Measurement and units  The SI (International System) of units consists of seven fundamental units. They ar

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