Quiz - PHYS 1 (Ch1)

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Chapter 1: Units conversion, scientific notation, and vectors

Quiz 1
A. Conversion metric units of meter (𝒏m, 𝝁m, mm, cm, m, and km)
1. 4m= cm , 8. 400 cm = m
2. 9.3 m = cm , 9. 50 mm = cm
3. 12 km = m , 10. 70,000 mm = m
4. 6,377 = m , 11. 500,000 𝑐𝑚3 = 𝑐𝑚3
5. 2.4 × 103 𝑐𝑚3 = 𝑚3 , 12. 7 𝜇m = 𝑛m
6. 1000 mm = 𝑛m , 13. 1000 𝑛m = mm
−5
7. 3.9 × 10 m = 𝑛m , 14. 1000 𝑛m = cm

B. Conversion metric units of mass (mg, g, and kg)


1. 4 kg = g , 6. 4 kg = mg
2. 7 kg = g , 7. 6000,000 mg = kg
3. 3000 g = kg , 8. 2000 mg = g
4. 17 g = mg , 9. 23,000 mg = g
5. 5.7 g = mg , 10. 5,382.9 mg = g

C. Convert the following units:


1. Convert 50 km/s to km/hr.
2. Convert 75 km/hr to miles/hr
3. Convert 6.7 cm/s to m/s.
4. Convert 40 km/h to m/s.
5. Convert 5.5 m/s to km/hr.
6. Convert 6 cm/s to m/hr
𝑘𝑔
7. Convert 2 𝑡𝑜 𝑔/𝑐𝑚3
𝑚3
𝑔 𝐾𝑔
8. Convert 1.074 to
𝑚𝐿 𝑚3

D. Write each number in scientific notation:


1. 547000,000 6. 4925,16
2. 5640,000,000 7. 0.0000638
3. 0.000000856 8. 45,600,000
4. 0.000000000089 9. 0.009032
5. 95,352,000 10. 4,105,000,000,000

E. Convert the following into standard notation:


1. 9.57 × 104 6. 6.75 × 105
2. 3.0 × 107 7. 8.68 × 10−4
3. 5.042 × 10−6 8. 5.037 × 103

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4. 6.703 × 107 9. 6.3 × 10−9


5. 1.03 × 10−5 10. 2.542 × 108

F. Scientific Notation: Multiplication and Division


1. (3.1 × 105 ) × (2 × 102 ) 4. (24 × 105 ) ÷ (3 × 102 )
2. (12 × 10−2 ) × (1.2 × 10−3 ) 5. (1.2 × 10−2 ) ÷ (2 × 103 )
3. (2.12 × 103 ) × (3.58 × 104 ) 6. (2.34 × 105 ) ÷ (8.78 × 108 )
D. Vectors
1. If 𝐴⃗ = 2𝑖̂ − 𝑗̂ + 𝑘̂ and 𝐵
⃗⃗ = 𝑖̂ + 2𝑘̂ and the angle between them is 60° .
a. Find |𝐴|.
b. Find |𝐵|.
c. Find 𝐴 ∙ 𝐵.
2. If 𝐴⃗ = 4𝑖̂ + 2𝑗̂ − 𝑘̂ and 𝐵⃗⃗ = 3𝑖̂ − 2𝑗̂ + 2𝑘̂ .
d. Find 𝐶 = 𝐴 × 𝐵.
e. Find |𝐶|.
f. Find |𝐴|.
g. Find |𝐵|.
h. Find the angle 𝐴⃗ and 𝐵 ⃗⃗.
3. Two vectors are given as 𝐴⃗ = 3𝑖̂ + 9𝑗̂ − 6𝑘̂ and 𝐵 ⃗⃗ = 8𝑖̂ − 4𝑗̂ + 8𝑘̂. Find
|𝐴⃗ + 𝐵⃗⃗|. [√150 ]
4. The component of a vector 𝐴⃗ are 𝐴𝑥 = 0 ; 𝐴𝑦 = 22. The components of vector
⃗⃗ are 𝐵𝑥 = 33.2 ; 𝐵𝑦 = −33.2. Write the vectors (𝑖) in unit vector notation
𝐵
and (𝑖𝑖) perform the addition. [(𝑖𝑖) 33.2 𝑖̂ − 11.2 𝑗̂]
5. Determine the vector which when added to the resultant of 𝐴⃗ = 3𝑖̂ + 5𝑗̂ + 7𝑘̂
and 𝐵 ⃗⃗ = 2𝑖̂ + 4𝑗̂ − 3𝑘̂ gives unit vector along 𝑦 −direction. [−5 𝑖̂ + 2 𝑗̂ −
4𝑘̂]
6. The 𝑥 −and 𝑦 − components of 𝐴⃗ are 4 and 6 and those of 𝐴⃗ + 𝐵 ⃗⃗ are 10 and
9 . Find the components, magnitude and the direction of 𝐵 ⃗⃗. [√45, 𝜃 = 26.56° ]
7. A force is represented by;
𝐹⃗ = ( 2𝑖̂ + 3𝑗̂ + 6𝑘̂) Newton.
What is the magnitude of force? [7 N]

8. Given 𝐴⃗ = (2𝑖̂ + 3𝑗̂ + 4𝑘̂) and 𝐵


⃗⃗ = (3𝑖̂ − 5𝑗̂ + 𝑘̂). Find the angle between 𝐴⃗
⃗⃗ .
and 𝐵
9. Find the magnitude and direction of vector 𝑖̂ + 𝑗̂ . [√2, 𝜃 = 45° ]

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10. If the magnitudes of two vectors are 3 and 4 and the magnitude of their scalar
product is 6, find the angle between the vectors. [𝜃 = 60° ]
11. Find the cross product of vectors 𝐴⃗ = 2𝑖̂ and 𝐵 ⃗⃗ = −2𝑖̂ + 4𝑗̂. [8𝑘̂]
12. Show that vectors 𝐴⃗ = 𝑖̂ − 5𝑗̂ and 𝐵 ⃗⃗ = 2𝑖̂ − 10𝑗̂ are parallel to each other.
(Note: if two vectors are parallel, their cross product must be zero i.e., 𝐴⃗ ×
⃗⃗ = 0).
𝐵
13. Prove that vectors 𝐴⃗ = 2𝑖̂ + 3𝑗̂ − 𝑘̂ and 𝐵⃗⃗ = 6𝑖̂ + 9𝑗̂ − 3𝑘̂ are parallel.

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