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    This document is a physics worksheet about quantities and units in the International System of Units (SI). It contains 21 multiple choice and short answer questions about SI base units, derived units, unit conversions, and metric prefixes. Some questions ask students to identify the SI base units for quantities like area, velocity, force, and intensity. Others involve unit conversions, such as converting between joules and kilowatt-hours or writing very large or small values in standard scientific notation using metric prefixes.

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    This document is a physics worksheet about quantities and units in the International System of Units (SI). It contains 21 multiple choice and short answer questions about SI base units, derived units, unit conversions, and metric prefixes. Some questions ask students to identify the SI base units for quantities like area, velocity, force, and intensity. Others involve unit conversions, such as converting between joules and kilowatt-hours or writing very large or small values in standard scientific notation using metric prefixes.

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    6. Which of the following pairs of units are both SI base units?

    Addu High School DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY


    A ampere, degree Celsius B ampere, kelvin
    Hithadhoo/Addu PHYSICS
    C coulomb, degree Celsius D coulomb, kelvin

    7. The momentum of an object of mass m is p.


    TOPIC: Quantities and units Worksheet
    Which quantity has the same base units as p2/m?
    1. Find the SI base units for the following derived quantities.
    A energy B force
    a) Area g) Energy C power D velocity
    b) Volume h) Density
    8. When a beam of light is incident on a surface, it delivers energy to
    c) Speed i) Moment
    the surface. The intensity of the beam is defined as the energy
    d) Velocity j) Power
    delivered per unit area per unit time.
    e) Acceleration k) Work
    What is the unit of intensity, expressed in SI base units?
    f) Force l) Pressure A kg m–2 s–1 B kg m2 s–3
    C kg s–2 D kg s–3
    2. Which of the following units could be used for power?
    A kg m s–2 B kg m2 s–2
    9. A metal sphere of radius r is dropped into a tank of water. As it sinks
    C kg m2 s–3 D kg2 m2 s–3
    at speed v, it experiences a drag force F given by F = kr v, where k is
    3. Which of the following is not a unit of energy? a constant. What are the SI base units of k?
    –1
    ANs B kW h A kg m2 s–1 B kg m–2s–2
    CNm DWs C kg m–1s–1 D kg m s–2

    4. Which of the following units is equivalent to the SI unit for energy? 10. Which expression involving base units is equivalent to the volt?
    –2
    A kg m s B kW h A kg m2s–1A–1 B kg m s–2A
    C N m–1 DWs C kg m2s–1A D kg m2s–3A–1

    11. All quantities may be expressed in terms of SI base units. Which of


    5. Which of these quantities is not measured in an SI base unit? the following are the base units for the moment of a force?
    A distance B force A kg m s-2 B kg m2 s-2
    -1
    C kg m s D kg m2 s-3
    C mass D time

    Addu high school/Dept of Science/Physics/unit 1/work sheet / Quantities and Units 1


    12. Which of the following quantities has the SI base units kg m2 s−3? 17. Decimal sub-multiples and multiples of units are indicated using a
    A force B momentum prefix to the unit. For example, the prefix milli (m) represents 10–3.
    C power D work done Which of the following gives the sub-multiples or multiples represented

    13. Which of the following is an SI unit for electromotive force (e.m.f)? by pico (p) and giga (G)?

    A coulomb B joule
    C newton D volt
    14. Which of the following is a unit equivalent to the pascal?
    A kg m s–1 B kg m s–2
    C kg m–1 s–2 D kg m–2 s–2

    15. When the strings of an Aeolian harp vibrate, the frequency f of the
    string vibrations is given by the equation 18. Which product-pair of metric prefixes has the greatest magnitude?
    A pico × mega B nano × kilo
    C micro × giga D milli × tera
    where u is the speed of the moving air, d is the diameter of the string
    and K is a constant.
    (i) Show that the constant K has no units . (2) 19. What is the ratio 1Gm ?
    1µm
    A 10–3 B 10–9
    C 10–12 D 10–15
    16. The notation μs is used as an abbreviation for a certain unit of time.
    What is the name and value of this unit?
    20. Write the following in standard form:

    A 9.2 GW B 6400 km
    C 43 mm D 44 ns

    21. Write the following using an appropriate prefix and unit symbol
    (a) 3 600 000 Joules
    (b) 31536 000 seconds
    (c) 105 000 Hertz

    Addu high school/Dept of Science/Physics/unit 1/work sheet / Quantities and Units 2

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