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This document contains a physics worksheet with questions about units and quantities in the International System of Units (SI). It tests knowledge of: 1) SI base units for derived quantities like area, volume, speed, etc. 2) Valid units for measures like power, momentum, and density. 3) Conversions between units like Watts, Joules, Pascal and relationships between units. 4) Prefixes used to indicate multiples and sub-multiples of units. The worksheet contains 21 multiple choice and short answer questions to assess understanding of fundamental physics concepts related to units, quantities, and the SI system.

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Quantities and Units Worksheet

This document contains a physics worksheet with questions about units and quantities in the International System of Units (SI). It tests knowledge of: 1) SI base units for derived quantities like area, volume, speed, etc. 2) Valid units for measures like power, momentum, and density. 3) Conversions between units like Watts, Joules, Pascal and relationships between units. 4) Prefixes used to indicate multiples and sub-multiples of units. The worksheet contains 21 multiple choice and short answer questions to assess understanding of fundamental physics concepts related to units, quantities, and the SI system.

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3. Which of the following is not a unit of energy?

Addu High School DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY


A N s–1
Hithadhoo/Addu PHYSICS
B kW h
CNm
TOPIC: Quantities and units Worksheet DWs
1. Find the SI base units for the following derived quantities. 4. Which of the following units is equivalent to the SI unit for energy?
a) Area A kg m s–2

b) Volume B kW h
C N m–1
c) Speed
DWs
d) Velocity
5. Which of these quantities is not measured in an SI base unit?
e) Acceleration
A distance
f) Force
B force
g) Energy
C mass
h) Density D time
i) Moment 6. Which of the following pairs of units are both SI base units?
j) Power A ampere, degree celsius
k) Work B ampere, kelvin
l) Pressure C coulomb, degree celsius
D coulomb, kelvin

2. Which of the following units could be used for power? 7. The momentum of an object of mass m is p.

A kg m s–2 Which quantity has the same base units as p2/m?

B kg m2 s–2 A energy

C kg m2 s–3 B force

D kg2 m2 s–3 C power


D velocity

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8. When a beam of light is incident on a surface, it delivers energy to the 12. Which of the following quantities has the SI base units kg m2 s−3?
surface. The intensity of the beam is defined as the energy delivered A force
per unit area per unit time. B momentum
What is the unit of intensity, expressed in SI base units? C power
A kg m–2 s–1 D work done
B kg m2 s–3
C kg s–2 13. Which of the following is an SI unit for electromotive force (e.m.f)?

D kg s–3 A coulomb

9. A metal sphere of radius r is dropped into a tank of water. As it sinks at B joule

speed v, it experiences a drag force F given by F = kr v, where k is a C newton

constant. What are the SI base units of k? D volt

A kg m2 s–1
14. Which of the following is a unit equivalent to the pascal?
B kg m–2s–2
A kg m s–1
C kg m–1s–1
B kg m s–2
D kg m s–2
C kg m–1 s–2
10. Which expression involving base units is equivalent to the volt?
D kg m–2 s–2
A kg m2s–1A–1
B kg m s–2A
15. When the strings of an Aeolian harp vibrate, the frequency f of the
C kg m2s–1A
string vibrations is given by the equation
D kg m2s–3A–1
11. All quantities may be expressed in terms of SI base units. Which of
the following are the base units for the moment of a force? where u is the speed of the moving air, d is the diameter of the string
and K is a constant.
A kg m s-2 (i) Show that the constant K has no units . (2)
B kg m2 s-2

C kg m s-1

D kg m2 s-3

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16. The notation μs is used as an abbreviation for a certain unit of time. 18. Which product-pair of metric prefixes has the greatest magnitude?
What is the name and value of this unit? A pico × mega
B nano × kilo
C micro × giga
D milli × tera

19. What is the ratio 1Gm ?


1µm
–3
A 10
B 10–9
C 10–12
D 10–15
17. Decimal sub-multiples and multiples of units are indicated using a
prefix to the unit. For example, the prefix milli (m) represents 10–3. 20. Write the following in standard form:
Which of the following gives the sub-multiples or multiples represented (a) 9.2 GW
by pico (p) and giga (G)?
(b) 6400 km

(c) 43 mm

(d) 44 ns

21. Write the following using an appropriate prefix and unit symbol

(a) 3 600 000 Joules

(b) 31536 000 seconds

(c) 105 000 Hertz

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