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Arthur - 9p - Physic Summary Chapter 1
Arthur - 9p - Physic Summary Chapter 1
Summary Measurements
If you measure quantity is need a unit.
Unit is standard of size quantity that to be measured to found a scale marked.
Basic quantities are measure in physic that based on fundamental in unit.
Kind of basic quantities are length, mass, time, temperature, electric current,
moles, light intensity.
Derived quantities are measurement can be derived from basic quantities.
Kind of derived quantities are area, speed, acceleration, density, volume, force,
pressure, and many more.
System International unit (SI unit) is standard system that used in many countries
by decision of scientist.
Standard notation is writing number by changing multiply power of ten or the
symbol is 10n
Significant figures is the number of figures that show standard notation of number
that giving a digit
Length has unit meter (m), length is used for measure distance travelled and
length of an object.
Area has unit meter square (m2) is used for measure wide an object room.
Volume has unit cubic meter (m3) is used for measure the amount of liquid or
amount of space occupied
Mass has unit kilogram (kg) is used for measure the amount of matter it.
Time has unit second (s) is used for measure length of a day, the time of taken in
earth rotation and revolution.
Systematic error is the error introduce that has zero at the end of the rule.
Vernier scale has type to measure an object to 0.01 cm or 0.1 mm
Micrometer screw gauge has type to measure an object to 0.001 cm or 0.001 mm