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Units & dimensions

Entry test
1. Calculate the angle of 1 ⁰ ?
2. What are dimensions ?
3. Which among the following is not a basic unit of measurement?

 Time
 Temperature
 Momentum
 Mass

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Units & dimensions

Write definitions for following terminologies

Scientific terminologies
 Parallax method

 Significant figures

 Dimensions

 Dimensional formula

 Principle of homogeneity
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Class XI CHAPTER 1 UNITS AND MEASUREMENTS

WORKSHEET 1

3. A book with many printing errors contains four different formulas for the displacement y of a particle
undergoing a certain periodic motion:

(a) y = a sin 2π t/T

(b) y = a sin vt

(c) y = (a/T) sin t/a

(d) y = (a 2) (sin 2πt / T + cos 2πt / T )

(a = maximum displacement of the particle, v = speed of the particle. T = time-period

of motion). Rule out the wrong formulas on dimensional grounds.

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Class XI CHAPTER 1 UNITS AND MEASUREMENTS

WORKSHEET 2

1. Convert a power of one megawatt on a system whose fundamental

units are 10 kg, 1dm and 1 minute.

2. The position of a particle moving along x-axis depends on time

according to the equation x=at2 + bt3, where x is in meter and t is in
sec. What are the units and dimensions of a and b? What do they
represent?

3. Hooke’s law states that the force, F, in a spring extended by a length x

is given by F =−kx. According to Newton’s second law F = ma, where
m is the mass and a is the acceleration. Calculate the dimension of the
spring constant k.

4. The kinetic energy K of a rotating body depends on its moment of

inertia I and its angular speed ω. Considering the relation to be K =
kIaωb where k is dimensionless constant. Find a and b. Moment of
Inertia of a sphere about its diameter is (2/5)Mr 2

5. Round off the following numbers as indicated:

i) 18.35 upto 3 digits
ii) 143.45 upto 4 digits
iii) 18967 upto 3 digits
iv) 31.325×10-5 upto 4 digits.
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Class XI CHAPTER 1 UNITS AND MEASUREMENTS

WORKSHEET 3
1. Write the dimensional formula of
a) Moment of force b) kinetic energy c) angular velocity d) Impulse.

2. Name the quantities represented by the dimensional formulae given below:

a) M1L2T-3 b) M1L2T0 c) M1L2T-3A-1 d) M1L-1T-2

3.  A student while doing an experiment finds that the velocity of an object varies with time
and it can be expressed as equation:
                                    v = Xt2 + Yt +Z  
If units of v and t are expressed in terms of SI units, determine the units of constants X, Y
and Z in the given equation.

4. Experiment shows that frequency (n) of a tuning fork depends on length (l) of the prong,
density (d) and the Young’s modulus(Y) of its material. On the basis of dimensional
analysis, derive an expression for the frequency of tuning fork.

5. Volume V of water which passes any point of a canal during t second is connected with
the cross section A of the canal and the velocity u of water by the relation
V =KAtu, where K is a dimensionless constant. Verify the correctness of the relation.

Exit test
1. Find the dimensional formula for (1) Thrust (2) Velocity gradient (3) Angular velocity
(4) Coefficient of viscosity
2. If units of force, velocity and energy are 100 dyne, 10 cm/s and 400 ergs respectively .
what will be the unit of mass , length & time ?
3. Write two limitations of dimensional analysis
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Rubrics

Concept LEVEL 5 LEVEL 4 LEVEL 3 LEVEL 2 LEVEL 1

Dimensi- Can apply it to check the Can apply it Can write Can write Not able to
onal correctness of equations to check the dimensions and the write the
analysis and to convert one system correctness of can apply it to dimensions dimensions.
and of units into another. equations and check the of physical
applicati Also using dimensions can to convert correctness of quantities
ons derive relationship among one system of equations
various physical quantities units into
another.
Significa Able to apply the rules of Able to Able to identify Able to list Not able to
nt significant figures for all identify significant the rules write the
figures types of numbers. significant figures in a for writing numbers in
figures in all certain type of significant significant
types of numbers figures. figures.
numbers.

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