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    This document provides information about base and derived quantities and units in physics. It defines base quantities as things that can be measured, like length or time, and base units as the standard units used to measure base quantities, like meters for length. There are seven base units in the International System of Units (SI) that measure length, mass, time, electrical current, temperature, luminous intensity, and amount of substance. Derived quantities are quantities that can be expressed in terms of base quantities, like force or velocity. Derived units, like newtons or meters/second, are the units used to measure derived quantities. The document provides examples of converting derived units to their base unit forms and listing more derived quantities and whether they have

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    This document provides information about base and derived quantities and units in physics. It defines base quantities as things that can be measured, like length or time, and base units as the standard units used to measure base quantities, like meters for length. There are seven base units in the International System of Units (SI) that measure length, mass, time, electrical current, temperature, luminous intensity, and amount of substance. Derived quantities are quantities that can be expressed in terms of base quantities, like force or velocity. Derived units, like newtons or meters/second, are the units used to measure derived quantities. The document provides examples of converting derived units to their base unit forms and listing more derived quantities and whether they have

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    Lower Sixth Physics

    Topic 1:
    Working As A Physicist
    Notes 1

    1
    Specification Objectives Student Outcomes

    a. I can define ‘base quantity’ and ‘derived quantity’


    b. I have categorised and grouped some examples of base quantities,
    base units, derived quantities and derived units.
    1. know and understand the distinction between
    b. I can recite all seven of the SI base unit names, their unit symbols
    base and derived quantities and their SI units
    and the names of the quantities they measure.
    c. I can give examples of derived units and convert a number of
    these into their corresponding base unit form.

    Base Quantity

    Definition:

    Base Unit

    Definition:

    There are 7 base units used in science. Each base unit is associated with a base quantity (thing that
    can be measured). Each base quantity has a base quantity symbol (sometimes more) and each base
    unit has a base unit symbol.

    How many do you know? List your ideas below:

    1.

    2.

    3.

    4.

    5.

    6.

    7.
    2
    Summary table:

    Base Quantity Base Unit


    Base Quantity Name Base Unit Name
    Symbol Symbol
    Length (think: size,
    distance, displacement… L, d, S …. m
    etc)

    t s

    Electrical Current A

    (thermodynamic)
    Temperature

    Luminous Intensity Iv Cd

    Derived Quantity

    Definition:

    Derived Unit

    Definition:

    Example 1:

    Derived
    Derived Unit
    Derived Quantity Name Quantity Derived Unit Name
    Symbol
    Symbol

    Resultant force F Newton N

    3
    Example 2:

    Derived
    Derived Unit
    Derived Quantity Name Quantity Derived Unit Name
    Symbol
    Symbol

    Example 3:

    Derived
    Derived Unit
    Derived Quantity Name Quantity Derived Unit Name
    Symbol
    Symbol

    We can write any derived unit in terms of its base units. To do this we use known formula to help us.

    For example, use F=ma to write ‘Newton’ in terms of base units:

    Now try the same with example 2 and example 3 from above (or try your own ones!)

    More Derived Quantities:

    How many more derived quantities can you list? Write them and their quantity symbols here -

    Derived Quantities with Special Names:

    4
    Derived quantities sometime have their own special unit name. Sometimes they don’t. Categories
    your derived quantities into these two groups below. Some examples have been done for you.

    Derived Quantities with Special Names: Derived Quantities without Special Names:

    Joule (J) Metre per second (m/s)

    Watt (W)

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