Beulah Physics Ch 1

Vocab

100

The study of the fundamental laws of nature

Physics

200

How close a measured value is to the actual value

Accuracy

300

Number of digits that are actually measured

Significant figures

400

velocity a vector or scalar

vector

500

Work measuring unit is 

Joules

Units and dimensions

100

Main unit of mass

Gram

200

Main unit of length

Meter

300

Base unit of time

Second

400

I can add length and mass

No

500

Newton Second law states that 

F= m a

Prefixes and Units

100

Kg

Kilogram

200

dm

Decimeter

300

A

Ampere

400

A runner moves 100 m around a circular track and ends up at the starting point. What are the distance and displacement?A runner moves 100 m around a circular track and ends up at the starting point. What are the distance and displacement?

Distance = 100 m. Displacement = 0

500

Hg

Hectogram

Convert

100

100mg to g

.1g

200

2m to cm

200cm

300

3Kg to g

3000Kg

400

2m to nm

2 x 10⁹Hm

500

400kg to g

4000g