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This document contains practice questions about physics concepts and calculations involving derived SI units. It begins with 10 questions calculating values like acceleration, current, force, and energy given various scenarios. It then asks the reader to express 8 common derived units like joules, newtons, volts in terms of their base SI units of meters, kilograms, seconds, and amps. Finally, it provides 6 additional questions to practice writing values in standard scientific notation and using prefixes correctly.

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Section A2

This document contains practice questions about physics concepts and calculations involving derived SI units. It begins with 10 questions calculating values like acceleration, current, force, and energy given various scenarios. It then asks the reader to express 8 common derived units like joules, newtons, volts in terms of their base SI units of meters, kilograms, seconds, and amps. Finally, it provides 6 additional questions to practice writing values in standard scientific notation and using prefixes correctly.

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2 CHAPTER A.

GENERAL QUESTIONS

b) Calculate the power if 5.0 A flows through a 2.0 Ω resistor.

A1.6 A Corsa accelerates from 15 m s−1 to 25 m s−1 in 8.0 s. Calculate the


acceleration.
A1.7 If a jet has a maximum acceleration of 20 m s−2 , what is the time it
would take to get from 0 m s−1 to 100 m s−1 ?
A1.8 My kettle needs to be able to give 672 000 J of heat energy to water in
240 s. Assuming that it is connected to the 240 V mains, what current
is needed?
A1.9 Calculate the force needed if my 750 kg car needs to accelerate from
rest to 13 m s−1 in 5.0 s.
A1.10 Calculate the electrical energy used by a 240 V light bulb with a
resistance of 60 Ω in 600 s.

/38
29 A2 Derived and Base SI Units
Express the following derived units in terms of the SI base units. The first
one has been done for you:

Derived Unit in Base Units Power of each base unit


m s kg A
m s−2 m s−2 1 -2 0 0

A2.1 J (a) (b) (c) (d)

A2.2 N (a) (b) (c) (d)

A2.3 C (a) (b) (c) (d)

A2.4 V (a) (b) (c) (d)

A2.5 Ω (a) (b) (c) (d)

A2.6 Pa (a) (b) (c) (d)

A2.7 N C−1 (a) (b) (c) (d)

A2.8 V m−1 (a) (b) (c) (d)

Express the following derived units in terms of the unit specified and base
units. The first one has been done for you.
CHAPTER A. GENERAL QUESTIONS 3

A2.9 a) Express the ohm in terms of the volt and base units: Ω = V A−1
b) Express the joule in terms of the newton and base unit(s).
c) Express the pascal in terms of the joule and base unit(s).
d) The answer to (c) means that pressure in effect measures an
amount of energy per unit
e) Express the V m−1 in terms of the joule and base unit(s).
f) Express the unit of density in newtons and base unit(s).

A3 Standard Form and Prefixes /12


9

You will be penalized if you give the wrong number of significant figures
where the question specifies the required number of significant figures.
[NOTE: standard form means that there is always one non-zero digit before
the decimal point.]

A3.1 Write the following as ‘normal’ numbers:


a) 3 × 104 b) 4.89 × 106

A3.2 Write the following as ‘normal’ numbers:


a) 3.21 × 10−3 b) 2 × 100

A3.3 Write the following in standard form to three significant figures:


a) 2 000 000 b) 34 580

A3.4 Write the following in standard form to three significant figures:


a) 23.914 b) 0.000 005 638

A3.5 Write the following as ‘normal’ numbers with the unit (but without
the prefix):
a) 3 kJ b) 20 mA

A3.6 Write the following using the most appropriate prefixes:


a) 5 × 107 m b) 6 × 10−10 s

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