Topic 1 Physical Quantities, Units and Measurement Physical quantities ‘Sl units Prefixes Scalars and vectors Measurement of length and time For each question, there are four possible answers. Choose the one you consider correct and record your choice (A, B, C or D) in the brackets provided. 1. _ Sir Isaac Newton discovered gravity by watching an apple fall from an apple tree. Newton’s law of gravitation states that any two bodies, at a distance of r metres apart and of masses m, and m, kilograms, will exert a gravitational force of attraction on each other according to the equation where G is known as Newton’s constant. What is the unit of G? A mkg? B Nmkg? Cc N'm*kg? D kgm’s? ( ) 2. | Which of the following shows only base quantities? Length, mass, time Current, mass, volume Force, current, velocity Mass, volume, temperature ¢ ) SAWP 3. Which of the following is the SI unit for current? A Coulomb B Ampere C Joule D~ Volt ( ) © Educational Publishing House Pte LidTopic 1 Physical Quantities, Units and Measurement Refer to the information below to answer questions 4 and 5. The diagram below shows an experiment carried out to measure the diameter of a piece of copper wire. wire | }— pencil rr TTT 4 s ‘ 7 4, — What is the radius of the wire? A 0.045 cm B_ 0.090cm C 0.400 cm D_ 0.800 cm ¢ ) 5. Which of the following can also be used to determine the diameter of the wire? A Metre rule B_ Measuring tape C Vernier calipers D Micrometer screw gauge ( ) 6. Alength of wire is wrapped tightly around the length of a pencil, The diameter of the wire is measured using a micrometer screw gauge and the reading is shown. If 50 turns of wire is required to cover the whole length of the pencil, what is the length of the pencil? A 20.85 cm Bo 21.15cm C 23.35cm D = 23.65cm 7. The diagram on the right shows a micrometer screw gauge when it is closed. The micrometer screw gauge is used to measure the diameter of a small iron bead. If the reading is 12.35 mm, what is the true radius of the bead? ~9-Gnm A 6.12mm B 6.4mm OP ab C 12.24mm D = 1248mm ( ) 8. Which of the following shows the correct unit for a vector quantity? A Weight, kg B_ Speed, ms* C Temperature, K D__ Displacement, m ( ) inte9. © Educational Publishing House Pte Ltd Topic 1 Physical Quantities, Units and Measurement The diagram below shows the forces acting on point P. What can be deduced about the resultant force acting on point P? It is greater than 6 N but less than 10 N. It is equal to 12 N. Itis less than 4N. It is zero. ( ) cae> Two forces act on a rectangular block as shown below. | |__—_——+ 6N What is the resultant force acting on the object? A 6Nto the right B_ I Ntothe right CII Nto the left D_ SNtothe left ( ) 216 000 kJ is equivalent to A 216MJ B 216G) C 216m) D 2165 ( ) The density p of an object is defined as its mass m per unit volume V. The formula is as follows. m pry ‘What is the density of a block of mass 2.40 pig and volume 120 nm*? 0.000 2 gm? 0.02 gm? 2gm 20 gm SaRP>Topic 1 Physical Quantities, Units and Measurement .... 13. The cone of a loudspeaker oscillates at a frequency of 0.02 GHz. The frequency is the number of complete oscillations produced per second. The time taken to complete 1000 oscillations is A 50ns B 50ys Cc 50Ms D 50Gs ( ) Refer to the information below to answer questions 14 and 15. Period is the time taken for a pendulum bob to complete one oscillation. The period T of a pendulum bob is related to its length / by the formula T= anfE where g =the acceleration due to gravity, 10 ms. 14. Pendulum bobs can be used to measure time. A pendulum bob of length 0.25 m can be used to measure time approximately to A 05s B Is Cc 15s D 2s ( ) 15. The period of the pendulum bob can be increased by decreasing the length of the pendulum bob increasing the length of the pendulum bob decreasing the mass of the pendulum bob increasing the mass of the pendulum bob ( ) oni 16. Which of the following can be used to measure 1.05 s accurately? Watch Sundial Pendulum bob Digital stopwatch vamp