Physics 01-01 Intro and Units Name: _______________

What is Physics?
Physics studies ___________________ that can be __________________ with our five senses.

Model - _____________________________
Theory - ____________________________
Law - Uses _________________ language to describe ____________________ patterns that have been verified __________ times

Scientific Method - used to solve many types of problems, not just science
Usually begins with ____________________ and question about the phenomenon to be studied
Next preliminary research is done and ______________________ is developed
Then experiments are performed to __________ the hypothesis
Finally the tests are analyzed and a _________________ is
Prefix Symbol Value Prefix Symbol Value
drawn
exa E 1018 deci d 10-1
Units
peta P 1015 centi c 10-2
Science uses __________________________ System (SI System)
tera T 1012 milli m 10-3
Base Units
giga G 109 micro μ 10-6
Length - ______________ (m)
Time - _______________ (s) mega M 106 nano n 10-9
Mass - _______________ (kg)
kilo k 103 pico p 10-12
Others are ____________________________ units
hecto h 102 femto f 10-15
Unit Conversions decka da 101 atto a 10-18
Multiply by ________________________ factors so that unwanted units ______________________ out
Convert 20 Gm to m

Convert 5 cg to kg

Convert 25 km/h to m/s

Accuracy and Precision

Accuracy and precision mean there is some _______________.

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Significant Figures
Used to reflect _________________ in measurements
Each measuring device can only measure so accurately
The __________ digit is always an _________________

To find significant figures

0.000000602

1032000

1.023

Rules for combining significant figures

Multiplication or division
The result should have the same number of _____________________________ as the quantity having the ________________ significant figures entering
into the calculation.
1.002 ⋅ 2.0223 =

Homework
1. Classify each as a model, theory, or law. 9. Water covers approximately 361,132,000 km2 of the
Earth’s surface. What is this in ft2 (assume 1 m = 3.2808 ft)?
a. __________Bohr model of atom
(RW) 𝟑. 𝟖𝟖𝟕𝟏 × 𝟏𝟎𝟏𝟓 𝒇𝒕𝟐
b. __________Gravity
10. The average density of Earth is 5.514 g/cm3. What is this in
c. __________Drawing a picture to represent a physics kg/m3? (RW) 5514 kg/m3
problem
11. 148,940,000 km2 of land are on Earth. How many
d. __________The Earth is round significant figures are in this number? (RW) 5
e. __________The Big Bang 12. During the breeding season, an adult Monarch Butterfly
f. __________Creation will live 0.0760 yrs. How many significant figures? (RW) 3

2. The altitude of the International Space Station is 409 km. 13. The village of Berrien Springs covers 2.64 km2. How many
What is this in meters? (RW) 409000 m significant figures? (RW) 3

3. The elevation of Berrien Springs is 209 m. What is this in 14. 0.21 km2 of Berrien Springs is water. How many significant
cm? (RW) 20900 cm figures? (RW) 2

4. Convert 1 hour to seconds. (RW) 3600 s 15. Using the information from the previous two questions,
how much land is there in Berrien Springs? How many
5. The speed limit on some highways is 100 km/h. How fast is significant figures should be in your answer? (RW) 2.43
that in m/s? (RW) 27.8 m/s km2, 3
6. The Earth orbits the sun at 29.78 km/s. What is this in 16. If there are about 740 people per km2 in Berrien Springs
km/h? (RW) 107200 km/h (living on the land), how many people live in Berrien
Springs? How many significant figures should be in your
7. The Earth orbits the sun at 29.78 km/s. What is this in mph
answer? (RW) 1800 people, 2
(assume 1 mile = 1.609 km)? (RW) 66630 mph
8. The surface area of the Earth is 510,072,000 km2. What is
this in m2? (RW) 𝟓. 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟕𝟐 × 𝟏𝟎𝟏𝟒 m2

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