The International System of Units Review Worksheet

What is the universally accepted method of expressing physical measurements for world commerce, industry, and science?

• The Metric System

• The Imperial System

• The International System of Units (SI)

• The Customary System

Who was the creator of the metric system during the French Revolution?

• Isaac Newton

• John Wilkins

• Albert Einstein

• Galileo Galilei

What was the meter originally defined as?

• The length of a pendulum with a half-period of one second

• One ten-millionth of the distance along Earth's meridian through Paris from the North Pole to the equator

• The distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 seconds

• The length of a footstep of an average man

What is the mass of 1 liter of distilled water at 4°C?

• 0.5 kilograms

• 1 kilogram

• 2 kilograms

• 0.1 kilograms

Which organizations were established by the Meter Convention in 1875?

• The International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM)

• The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM)

• The International Committee for Weights and Measures (CIPM)

• All of the above

Who were some of the pioneers in the development of the coherent system of units?

• Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, Niels Bohr

• Carl Friedrich Gauss, Wilhelm Weber, James Clerk Maxwell

• Marie Curie, Louis Pasteur, Gregor Mendel

• Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell

What is the fundamental framework of the SI system based on?

• 5 base units and 15 derived units

• 7 base units and 22 derived units

• 10 base units and 30 derived units

• 3 base units and 10 derived units

What is an example of a physical quantity equation mentioned in the text?

• F = ma

• V = IR

What is the significance of the year 1960 in the evolution of the SI?

• The metric system is born

• The mole becomes a new base unit

• The 11th CGPM adopts the name International System of Units (SI)

• The ampere, kelvin, and candela are officially adopted as base units

What is the base unit for measuring electric current in the SI system?

• Volt

• Ampere

• Ohm

• Watt