General Physics 1 How long is a Meter?

GEPHY 101 - a meter is defined as the length

of path traveled by light in vacuum
MEASUREMENTS, MASS, WEIGHT, AND during a time interval of
FORCE 1/299,792,458 of a second. Note
that the definition of a meter is
MEASUREMENT. dependent on the definition of a
second, and on a presumption that
General Objective: light travels in constant speed in
At the end of this topic the a vacuum.
learners should be able:
Prefix for SI Units
a. To identify the different units Symbol Name Amount
of measurement; and
E exa 1018
b. To convert units of
measurements. P peta 1015
T terra 1,000,000
INTRODUCTION.
,000,000
Standards are agreed-upon G giga 1,000,000
quantities of measure. And these ,000
are the considered desirable
M mega 1,000,000
features of a standard:
1. It should be immutable, so k kilo 1,000
that measurements made today can be
compared with those made in the
next century. c centi 1/100
2. It should be easily m milli 1/1,000
available, so that as many
laboratories as possible can µ micro 1/1,000,0
duplicate it. 00
3. It should be precise, so n nano 1/1,000,0
the standard is available to 00,000
whatever precision technologically
possible. p pico 10-12
4. It should be universally f femto 10-15
agreed upon, so that results
obtained in different countries are a atto 10-18
comparable. h hecto 102
What are Measurements? da deka 101
- Measurements are the basic d deci 10-1
concept of Mathematics and Science.
Measurements are the quantifiable
Unit Conversions.
dimensions of objects and/or
events. In this topic we will focus
Time
on the measures of Time, Length,
and Mass. Without these quantified
1 year(yr.) = 365 days
dimensions we lose our ability for
1 year = 12 months(mos.)
having and tesing universal
1 month = 4 weeks
conclusions in our attempt to
1 day = 24 hours(hr)
understand the known universe.
1 hour = 60 minutes(min.)
1 minute = 60 seconds(s)
What is Time?
1 hour = 3600 seconds
- Time is the measured interval
when change occurs. As the
Length
definition suggests, time is
arbitrary to the observer - the
1 meter(m) = 3.281 feet(ft.)
measure of time is usually always
1 mile(mi) = 1.61 kilometers(km)
in reference to something/someone.
1 foot(ft) = 12 inches(in.)
For example, the speed of an object
1 inch(in) = 2.54 centimeters(cm)
relative to its surrounding is the
1 kilometers = 1000 meters
amount of time it changes its
1 meter = 100 centimeters
position in space.
1 meter = 1000 millimeters
How long is a Second?
Mass
- A second is defined as the
9,192,631,770th period of the
1 kilogram(kg) = 2.205 pounds(lb)
Cesium^133 atom.
Calculation Procedures. Practice Problems.
1. Identify the given values.
2. Identify the converion factors 1. How many hours are there in 7,200
needed. minutes?
2. How many miles are there in 6.5
3. Scan the conversion tables and kilometers?
look for the needed conversion 3. How many months are there in 6
factors. years?
4. How many days are there in
4. Cross multiply the given values 31,000,000 seconds?
with the conversion factors needed 5. On earth, how many pounds are
to arrive at your solution. there in 60 kilograms?
6. How many gallons are there in 7
Example. liters?
How many days are there in 60 7. How many feet are there in 4
minutes? kilometers?
8. How many inches are there in
Given: 60 minutes 30.48 centimeres?
Asked: days 9. How many months are there in 60
days?
Solution: 10. how any cubic centimeters are
60 min. X 1 hr. X 1 day there in 8 gallons?
60 min. 24 hrs
= 0.04167 days Answers.
1. 120 hours
2. 4.0391 miles
Example. 3. 72 months
How many gallons are there in 4 4. 358.796 days
liters? 5. 132 lbs.
6. 1.848 liters
Given: 4 liters 7. 13,120 ft.
Asked: gallons 8. 12 inches
9. 2 months
Solution: 10. 30,304 cm3
4 liters X 3.788 gallons
1 liters
= 15.152 gal

What is Mass?
- the measure of the amount of
matter in a body.

What is weight?
- a measure of the heaviness of an
object. The vertical force
experienced by a mass as a result f
gravitation.

Conservation of Mass
- For any system closed to all
transfers of matter and energy, the
mass of the system must remain
constant over time. The quantity of
mass can neither be added nor be
removed.