UNIVERSITY PHYSICS WITH MODERN PHYSICS COMBINED SET QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

UNIVERSITY PHYSICS WITH
MODERN PHYSICS COMBINED
SET QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is the fundamental standard of mass? - Answer-Kilogram

1/1000 can be expressed exponentially as - Answer-10^-3

1 nanometer (nm) = ______ meters - Answer-10^-9m

1 micrometer = _____ meters - Answer-10^-6 meters

1 microgram (μg) is equal to how many kilograms? - Answer-10^-6 grams

10^9 kilograms

1 nanosecond (ns) is how many seconds? - Answer-10^-9s

Time for light to travel .3m

1 microsecond = ____ seconds - Answer-10^-6

Time for the space station to move 8mm

1 millisecond = _______ seconds - Answer-10^-3 s

Time for a car moving at freeway speed to travel 3cm

1 inch = ___ cm - Answer-2.54

1 pound = __ Newtons - Answer-4.448221615260


Any number that is used to describe a physical phenomenon quantitatively is called a -
Answer-Physical Quantity

Some physical quantity are so fundamental that we can define them only by describing
how to measure them. Such a definition is called an - Answer-Operational definition

When bombarded by microwaves of precisely the proper frequency, cesium atoms
undergo a transition from one state to another. One second is defined as the time