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B.

2 Group Activity: For the group dynamics, the title of this activity is Activity 2a (Unit
Charts of the Systems of Measurements.

Shown below are the unit charts for the different systems of measurements. Fill-up
the table of the required information. Examples are provided for your reference.

1. MKS SYSTEM
QUANTITY UNIT
Name Symbol Formula Name Symbol Decomposed units

Length or L
𝑫 = 𝒓𝒕 meter m m
Distance D
Time T T= second s s
distance
speed
Mass M kilogram kg kg
Velocity v v = d/t meter per m/s m/s
second
Acceleration a a = d/t2 meter per m/s2 m/s2
second
squared
Newton
Force or F 𝑭 = 𝒎𝒂 𝑾 (kilogrammeter
per square N 𝒌𝒈 𝒎/𝒔𝟐
Weight W = 𝒎𝒈
second)

Area A A=dxd square meter m2 m2


Volume V v = d x d x d cube meter m3 m3
Work or
Energy
W or E W = Fd Joule N.m kg.m2/s2
Power P P = E/t Watt J/s kg∙m2/s3
Density D m/v kilogram per kg/m3 kg/m3
cubic meter
Pressure P F/A Pascal N/m2 kg/m∙s2
Coulomb
Charge Q or q 𝑸 = 𝑰𝒕 (Amperesecond) C As

Current
Voltage
Resistance
Temperature
Viscosity
Magnetic
Field
Frequency
2. CGS SYSTEM
QUANTITY UNIT
Name Symbol Formula Name Symbol Decomposed units

Length or L
𝑫 = 𝒓𝒕 centimeter cm cm
Distance D
Time
Mass
Velocity
Acceleration
Dyne
Force or F 𝑭 = 𝒎𝒂 (gramcentimeter
per second dyn 𝒈 𝒄𝒎/𝒔𝟐
Weight W 𝑾 = 𝒎𝒈
squared)

Area
Volume
Work or
Energy
Power
Density
Pressure
Electrostatic
esu
unit
Charge Q or q 𝑸 = 𝑰𝒕 (stat C or 𝒅𝒚𝒏𝟏/𝟐 𝒄𝒎 = 𝒄𝒎𝟑/𝟐 𝒈𝟏/𝟐𝒔−𝟏
(stat Coulomb
Fr)
or franklin)
Current
Voltage
Resistance
Temperature
Viscosity
Frequency
3. British or English System (FPS)
QUANTITY UNIT
Name Symbol Formula Name Symbol Decomposed units

Length or LD
𝑫 = 𝒓𝒕 foot ft ft
Distance
Time
Mass
Velocity
Acceleratio
n
Force or F 𝑭 = 𝒎𝒂 Pound
lb 𝐥𝐛
Weight W 𝑾 = 𝒎𝒈
Area
Volume
Work or
Energy
Power
Density
Pressure
Charge
Current
Voltage
Resistance
Temperature
Viscosity
Frequency

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