PRESENTATION COLLEGE

Teacher: Mrs. A. Francis

Assignment #1- MEASUREMENT AND UNITS

INSTRUCTIONS:
Review your notes and answer the following questions.

1. Some quantities and units are listed in the box below

length, volume, ampere, newton

Which of these is a:
(i) Base quantity_______________________________

(ii) Base unit___________________________________

(iii) Derived quantity_____________________________

(iv) Derived unit_________________________________

(4 MARKS)

2. Given that Power=work done/time taken

Also, Work done=force x distance moved

Use these two given formulae to express the units of power in base SI units

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(4 MARKS)

3. (a) The moon is 384 000 000 m away from the Earth. Which prefix is
suitable to represent such a large number? Re-write this distance using the
prefix of your choice.
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(2 MARKS)
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Teacher: Mrs. A. Francis

(b) If the size of a file is 55 392 bytes, which prefix is most suitable to
represent such a value
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(1 MARK)

4. Which statement, involving multiples and submultiples of the base unit

metre, m, is correct
(a) 1𝑝𝑚 = 10−9 𝑚
(b) 1𝑛𝑚 = 10−6 𝑚
(c) 1𝑚𝑚 = 106 𝜇𝑚
(d) 1𝑘𝑚 = 106 𝑚𝑚
(2 MARKS)

5. Five energies are listed below

(a) 5𝑘𝐽 (b) 5𝑚𝐽
(c) 5𝑀𝐽 (d) 5𝑛𝐽

Which of the following lists the energies in ascending order?

(i) 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐, 𝑑
(ii) 𝑑, 𝑎, 𝑐, 𝑏
(iii) 𝑑, 𝑏, 𝑎, 𝑐
(iv) 𝑏, 𝑑, 𝑎, 𝑐
(2 MARKS)

TOTAL= 15 MARKS

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