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Base Quantities: Chapter 1: Introduction To Physics

Base quantities in physics include length, mass, time, electric current, temperature and amount of substance. These quantities are conventionally accepted as functionally independent of one another. Derived quantities are quantities that can be defined and expressed in terms of base quantities, such as speed which is derived from distance divided by time. Derived units are combinations of base units through multiplication and/or division, with an example being the derived unit for density. Unit conversion involves changing the units of physical quantities, such as converting between meters and centimeters for length, area and volume or between kilometers per hour and meters per second for speed.

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Base Quantities: Chapter 1: Introduction To Physics

Base quantities in physics include length, mass, time, electric current, temperature and amount of substance. These quantities are conventionally accepted as functionally independent of one another. Derived quantities are quantities that can be defined and expressed in terms of base quantities, such as speed which is derived from distance divided by time. Derived units are combinations of base units through multiplication and/or division, with an example being the derived unit for density. Unit conversion involves changing the units of physical quantities, such as converting between meters and centimeters for length, area and volume or between kilometers per hour and meters per second for speed.

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Nota Physics _ form 4

]Chapter 1: Introduction to
Physics

Base Quantities
they are divided into 2 major group that is:
a) physical quantities
b) base quantities

A) Physical Quantities
1.A physical quantity is a quantity that can be measured.
2.A physical quantity can be divided into base quantity and derived quantity.

B) Base quantities

1.Base quantities are the quantities that are conventionally accepted as functionally
independent of one another.
2.It is a quantity that cannot be defined in term of other physical quantity.
3.The base quantities and its units are as in the table below:

Derived Quantities
A derived quantity is a Physics quantity that is not a base quantity. It is the quantities
which derived from the base quantities through multiplying and/or dividing them.

Example:

(Speed is derived from distance divided by time)

Derived Unit
 The derived unit is a combination of base units through multiplying and/or
dividing them.

Example:

Question example:
 Give the derived unit for density

UNIT CONVERSION

for AREA :

Example 2
Convert the unit of length, area and volume below to the units given.
a) 7.2 m = ____________cm
b) 0.32 m2  = ____________cm2
c) 0.0012 m3  = ____________cm3
d) 5.6 cm = ____________m
e) 350 cm2  = ____________m2
f) 45000 cm3  = ____________m3
Answer
a) 7.2 m = 7.2 x 102 cm
b) 0.32 m2 = 0.32 x 104 cm2 = 3.2 x 103 cm2
c) 0.0012 m3 = 0.0012 x 106 cm3 = 1.2 x 103 cm3
d) 5.6 cm = 5.6 x 10-2 m
e) 350 cm2 = 350 x 10-4 m2 = 3.5 x 10-2 m2
f) 45000 cm3 = 45000 x 10-6 m3 = 4.5 x 10-2 m3

Speed
Example 3
Complete the following unit conversion 
a) 12 kmh-1  = __________ ms-1 
b) 12 ms-1  = __________ kmh-1

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