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Measurement of Physical Quantities(VII)

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 49mins

Name

Class

Date

A push or pull that causes an object to move, stop, or change direction.

force

friction

gravity

weight

Scott travels north 5 miles and then goes west 3 miles before coming straight back south 2 miles. What is his distance?

Jermaine runs exactly 2 laps around a 400 meter track. What is the displacement?

800

400

200

A car drives 84 meters forward. It's displacement and distance would be the same.

True

False

After completing one trip on a roller coaster, the roller coaster's ________ is zero.

displacement

reference point

length

distance

The scientific (SI) unit for measuring distance is the ________ .

mile

foot

kilometer

meter

What describes a vector best?

Magnitude

Magnitude and unit

Magnitude, unit, and direction

Direction

Because displacement has a magnitude and direction it is called a ______.

distance

vector

arrow

length

Mass is __________quantity and its SI unit is _________

Scalar/Kilograms

Vector/ Kilograms

Scalar/milligrams

Vector/milligrams

10.

_________is a vector quantity ,it is different on different places on the Earth because of gravitational pull.

Weight

Mass

11.

Distance MKS is _______ and CGS is _______

metres/centimetres

centimetres/metres

Kilograms/grams

grams/Kilograms

12.

Speed MKS is _______ and CGS is _______

metres/centimetres

centimetres/metres

metres/sec and cms/sec

cms/sec and metres/sec

13.

SI ( System International ) is also called (a) system

14.

It is not proper to measure quantities by using body parts ( give reason)

4 lines

15.

Major causes of errors in measurement(Tick mark two options)

Not using appropriate device.

Not using the device properly.

Jumping in the park

Using SI system of measurements.

16.

Unit of volume is _________

Litre

metre/second

Kilogram/cubic metre

square metre

17.

Unit of Area is _________