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Physics chapter 1 to 10.3
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chapter I -4 Making measurement




conversion of units



* 1000 ☒ 100 * 10



km→→_± m cm mm
F "


÷ 1000 :#

SI Units



Quantity Quantity Symbol SI Unit SI Unit
Symbol
L metre
Length m


Mass m
kilogram kg
Time to second S


T Kelvin K
Temperature
Current I
Ampere A



Types of instruments
-
Metre rule

Tape measure
-




Vernier caliper [ Accuracy of 0.01 ]
-


cm


-

Micrometer screen
gauge [ Accuracy
of 0.001cm ]




Types of errors

1) Zero errors when instrument does not start from
measuring exactly Zero
-




2) Parallax error -


eyes are not
perpendicular to scale

,Prefix
'
tera
'

10
109 giga
10£
mega
}
10 kilo
'
10 hector
'

10 deca
'
10
-




deci
-2
to centi

10-3 mili
-
b
10 micro
"
10
-




nana

10-12 pico

,Density

Density .IE?oY#me,iunitkg1m3

E. tho I ,
means density of water




If density of object more than water it will sink
,




If density of
object less than water, it will float




How to and volume of
measure
density an
object ? ( that sinks ?

"
F
2) 3)

O

1T€
ocm
}
Tie a
string to

the object
Use weighing balance
Prepare water in to measure mass of


measuring cylinder object
and measure its initial volume




§
"" 5) Use the final volume initial volume to volume
get
-




" "
of object .




" "" "" " " " "" " volume of ,
obg.ec ,
"
" → am




6) To find
density ,
use the formula D=

Put it into the
measuring
cylinder and
d
measure the D= ¥8 =
891cm
}
,
thus density of
object
=
89km3
final volume

, How to measure
density and volume of an
object ? ( that floats )


1)
☐→ueoo¢
1T¥
Measure the mass of


object with
weighing
balance



"

rooms




Prepare a
measuring

cylinder filled with water


and measure initial volume




3) pistone .




¥¥¥¥ > mood



Tie the object that floats luiood )

with an
object that sinks ( in this case, stone )




"




¥:¥
""" "
"



÷÷÷÷ .






Put it into the
measuring cyclin der
and measure the final volume




5) Volume for wood 6) If want
density ,


100 -20
= 130
:#
-



10cm 3
%
=
D=
}
☐ : 8g 1cm
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