ADMModule - STEM - GP12EU-Ia-1
ADMModule - STEM - GP12EU-Ia-1
ADMModule - STEM - GP12EU-Ia-1
General Physics1
Quarter 1 – Module 1:
Title: Units of Measurements
Science – Grade 12
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Quarter 1 – Module 1: Units of Measurements
First Edition, 2020
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General Physics1
Quarter 1 – Module 1:
Units of Measurements
Introductory Message
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What I Need to Know
This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help you master
the Units and Measurements. The scope of this module permits it to be used in many
different learning situations. The language used recognizes the diverse vocabulary
level of students. The lessons are arranged to follow the standard sequence of the
course. But the order in which you read them can be changed to correspond with the
textbook you are now using.
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What I Know
Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a separate sheet of
paper.
4. Covert 300C to 0F
a. -1.11 c. 271.89
b. 86 d. 359
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7. How much wood do you need to a form a triangular garden frame if one
side of the frame has a length of 11 ft, and the other two sides are 2 feet
longer than the first side?
a. 33 ft c. 36 ft
b. 35 ft d. 37 ft
10. Tessie measures her bathroom tiles to be 10 in by 8 in. What are the
length and width in cm?
a. 20.32 cm by 19.6 cm c. 25.4 cm to 24.5 cm
b. 25.4 cm by 20.32 cm d. 35.4 cm by 12.32 cm
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14. Which of these values is greatest?
a. 0.0056 c. 5.6 x 10-2
b. 0.56 d. 56 x 10-2
15. 10-4
10-2
a. 10-6 c. 102
b. 10-2 d. 106
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Lesson
1 Units of Measurement
Physicists, like other scientists, make observations and ask basic questions.
For example, how big is an object? How much mass does it have? How far did it
travel? To answer these questions, they make measurements with various instruments
(e.g., meter stick, balance, stopwatch, etc.).
What’s In
How many millimeters (mm), centimeters (cm), inches (in), foot (ft)?
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What’s New
Physical Quantities
All physical quantities in the International System of Units (SI) are expressed in
terms of combinations of seven fundamental physical units, which are units for:
length, mass, time, electric current, temperature, amount of a substance, and
luminous intensity.
Some physical quantities are more fundamental than others. In physics, there
are seven fundamental physical quantities that are measured in base or physical
fundamental units: length, mass, time, electric current temperature, amount of
substance, and luminous intensity. Units for other physical quantities (such as force,
speed, and electric charge) described by mathematically combining these seven base
units. In this course, we will mainly use five of these: length, mass, time, electric
current and temperature. The units in which they are measured are the meter,
kilogram, second, ampere, kelvin, mole, and candela. All other units are made by
mathematically combining the fundamental units. These are called derived units.
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Metric Prefixes
Physical objects or phenomena may vary widely. For example, the size of objects varies
from something very small (like an atom) to something very large (like a star). Yet the
standard metric unit of length is the meter. So, the metric system includes many
prefixes that can be attached to a unit. Each prefix is based on factors of 10 (10, 100,
1,000, etc., as well as 0.1, 0.01, 0.001, etc.).
Table 2 Metric Prefixes and symbols used to denote the different various factors of 10 in the
metric system
Example Example Example Example
Prefix Symbol Value
Name Symbol Value Description
Distance
Exa E 1018 Exameter Em 1018 m light travels
in a century
30 million
Peta P 1015 Petasecond Ps 1015 s
years
Powerful
Tera T 1012 Terawatt TW 1012 W
laser output
A
Giga G 109 Gigahertz GHz 109 Hz microwave
frequency
High
Mega M 106 Megacurie MCi 106 Ci
radioactivity
About 6/10
Kilo K 103 Kilometer Km 103 m
mile
Teaspoon of
Deka Da 101 Dekagram Dag 101 g
butter
Less than
Deci D 10–1 Deciliter dL 10–1 L
half a soda
Fingertip
Centi C 10–2 Centimeter Cm 10–2 m
thickness
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Flea at its
Mili M 10–3 Millimeter Mm 10–3 m
shoulder
Detail in
Micro µ 10–6 Micrometer µm 10–6 m
microscope
Small speck
Nano N 10–9 Nanogram Ng 10–9 g
of dust
Small
Pico P 10–12 Picofarad pF 10–12 F capacitor in
radio
Size of a
Femto F 10–15 Femtometer Fm 10–15 m
proton
Time light
takes to
Atto A 10–18 Attosecond As 10–18 s
cross an
atom
The metric system is convenient because conversions between metric units can be
done simply by moving the decimal place of a number. This is because the metric
prefixes are sequential powers of 10. There are 100 centimeters in a meter, 1000
meters in a kilometer, and so on. In nonmetric systems, such as U.S. customary units,
the relationships are less simple—there are 12 inches in a foot, 5,280 feet in a mile, 4
quarts in a gallon, and so on. Another advantage of the metric system is that the same
unit can be used over extremely large ranges of values simply by switching to the
most-appropriate metric prefix. For example, distances in meters are suitable for
building construction, but kilometers are used to describe road construction.
Therefore, with the metric system, there is no need to invent new units when
measuring very small or very large objects—you just have to move the decimal point
(and use the appropriate prefix).
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What is It
Now we can set up our unit conversion. We will write the units that we have and then
multiply them by the conversion factor (1 km/1,000m) = 1, so we are simply
multiplying 80m by 1:
x × 10y
In this format x is the value of the measurement with all placeholder zeros
removed. In the example above, x is 8.4. The x is multiplied by a factor, 10y,
which indicates the number of placeholder zeros in the measurement.
Placeholder zeros are those at the end of a number that is 10 or greater, and at
the beginning of a decimal number that is less than 1. In the example above,
the factor is 1014. This tells you that you should move the decimal point 14
positions to the right, filling in placeholder zeros as you go. In this case, moving
the decimal point 14 places creates only 13 placeholder zeros, indicating that
the actual measurement value is 840,000,000,000,000.
Numbers that are fractions can be indicated by scientific notation as well.
Consider the number 0.0000045. Its scientific notation is 4.5 × 10–6. Its
scientific notation has the same format
x × 10y
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Here, x is 4.5. However, the value of y in the 10y factor is negative, which
indicates that the measurement is a fraction of 1. Therefore, we move the
decimal place to the left, for a negative y. In our example of 4.5 × 10–6, the
decimal point would be moved to the left six times to yield the original number,
which would be 0.0000045.
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What’s More
1. 150 cm to m
2. 360 mm to m
3. 2100 cm3 to l
4. 1.2 GV to V
5. 4.6 ms to s
6. 450 K to 0F
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Activity 1.3 Problem Solving
Problem Solving: Solve the given problem. Identify the given quantities and solve for
the unknown quantities. BOX the final answer.
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What I Have Learned
1. Physical quantities are unit that describes the size of the quantity.
There are number that gives us the count of times the unit is contained
in the quantity being measured.
2. Physical Quantities are classified as fundamental and derived quantities.
Fundamental Quantities are the simplest form. Derived Quantities are
combination of fundamental Quantities.
3. Systems of measurement are Metric System of System International (SI) and
English System or British System of measurement.
4. Conversion of unit common method used is the factor-label method.
5. Scientific Notation is a convenient way of writing very small or very large
numbers. To write in scientific notation, follow the form N x 10a, where N is a
number between 1 and 10, but not 10 itself, a is an integer (positive or
negative number)
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What I Can Do
Assessment
Multiple Choice. Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a
separate sheet of paper.
1. Covert 6 721 millimeters to meters.
a. 6.721 c. 672 100
b. 67.21 d. 6 721 000
4. Covert 300C to 0F
a. -1.11 c. 271.89
b. 86 d. 359
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6. What is the perimeter of a rectangular room that has a length of 5.1 m
and a width that is 2 m less than the length?
a. 14.2 m c. 20.4 m
b. 16.4 m d. 24.4 m
7. How much wood do you need to a form a triangular garden frame if one
side of the frame has a length of 11 ft, and the other two sides are 2 feet
longer than the first side?
a. 33 ft c. 36 ft
b. 35 ft d. 37 ft
10. Tessie measures her bathroom tiles to be 10 in by 8 in. What are the
length and width in cm?
a. 20.32 cm by 19.6 cm c. 25.4 cm to 24.5 cm
b. 25.4 cm by 20.32 cm d. 35.4 cm by 12.32 cm
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15. 10-4
10-2
a. 10-6 c. 102
b. 10-2 d. 106
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