Physics Chap 2 Review

The SI units come from a French phrase, whose English translation is

• the international system of units

• the metric system

• The Imperial System

• The Scientific Instruments units

Which of the following is not a fundamental dimension

• space

• matter

• time

• mass

The SI unit for mass is a gram

• true

• false

Which of the following is not an SI fundamental unit

• Newton

• Liter

• second

• Kilogram

If a measurement for something is given as 5.4 units and the accepted value is 5.500 units, how would you characterize that result?

• not accurate, but precise

• accurate, but not precise

• neither accurate nor precise

• both accurate and precise

If you want your measurement to be more precise, you cannot estimate to your best judgement, but only to the nearest tenth of the smallest decimal increment of the instrument

• true

• false

The SI unit for luminous intensity is

• the ampere (A)

• the candela

• lightyear

• Hertz (Hz)

The dimension symbol for temperature is

• t

• T

• K

• F

the unit symbol for kelvin is

• C

• K

• T

• t

The combination of units on one side of an equation has to be the same as the net combination of units on the other side of the equation.

• True

• False

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