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What are the

Teaching AS Physics skills
Physics
Edexcel Advanced Subsidiary Level
Chapter @ Physical Quantity & Units
1. Write all the S.I. base units of Physical quantity.
2. Find the S.I. base unit of the following quantities :
Density, Acceleration , Momentum , Force , Pressure
,Energy , power , Frequency , Charge , potential
difference , Resistance, Resistivity, Specific heat,
Specific heat capacity, Electric field Strength, Stress
strain , Young Modulas, Torque.
3. A metal sphere of radius r is dropped into a tank of
water. As it sinks at speed v, it experiences a drag
force F given by F=k r v, where k is a constant. What
are the S.I. base units of k ?
4. The table contains some quantities, together with
their symbols and units.
units of constant b, expressed in SI base units ?
8) The equation relating pressure and density is
p = ρgh. How can both sides of this equation be
written in terms of base units ?
9) In the expressions below a is acceleration, F is
force, m is mass, t is time, v is velocity.
2mv a t 2
F×t , F×v×t , ,
t 2
a) Find S.I. base unit of each of the following
expressions.
b)Which expression represents energy ?
10) When a beam of light is incident on a surface, it
delivers energy to the surface. The intensity of the
beam is defined as the energy delivered per unit area
per unit time. What is the unit of intensity, expressed
in SI base units ?
11) The unit of work, the joule, may be defined as the
work done when the point of application of a force of
1 newton is moved a distance of 1 metre in the
direction of the force. Express the joule in terms of
the base units of mass, length and time, the kg, m
and s.

Q.12. Rewrite each of the following quantities using a

suitable prefix:
a) 2000 000 000 J. b) 5900g c) 0.005 s
d) 345 000 N. e) 0.000 02 m.

Find the S.I base units of each expression of the followings:

ρhv ρg
(i) g ρhv (ii) (iii) (iv) ρ g2 h
g hv

5) Which physical quantity would result from a

calculation in which a potential difference is
multiplied by an electric charge?

6) The drag force F acting on a moving sphere obeys

an equation of the form F = kAv2, where A represents
the sphere’s frontal area and v represents its speed.
What are the base units of the constant k ?
7) At temperatures close to 0 K, the specific heat
capacity c of a particular solid is given by c = bT3,
where T is the thermodynamic temperature and b is a