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Specific Instructional ObjectivesAt the end of the lesson, you should be able to: show understanding that all physical quantities consists of a numerical magnitude
and a unit. Recall the following base quantities and their units mass (kg), length (m), time (s),
current (A), temperature (K) use the following prefixes and their symbols to indicate decimal sub-multiples and
multiples of the SI units: nano (n), micro (μ), milli (m), centi (c), deci (d), kilo (k), mega (M)
show an understanding of the orders of magnitude of the sizes of common objects ranging from a typical atom to the Earth
state what is meant by scalar and vector quantities and give common examples of each
add two vectors to determine a resultant by a graphical method describe how to measure a variety of lengths with appropriate accuracy by means
of tapes, rules, micrometers and calipers, using a vernier scale as necessary describe how to measure a short interval of time including the period of a simple
pendulum with appropriate accuracy using stopwatches or appropriate instruments
amount of substance (mol)
Unit 1: Physical Quantities and Units
Specific Instructional Objectives
At the end of the lesson, you should be able to:
1. show understanding that all physical quantities consists of a numerical magnitude and a unit.
2. Recall the following base quantities and their units mass (kg), length (m), time (s), current (A), temperature (K), amount of substance (mol)
Quantitative vs Qualitative (Measurements vs Descriptions)
•Scientists do not use descriptions to make observations as these would most likely cause disagreements.
•“How large is large?” or “How small is small?”
•Instead, sizes are specified using a number and a standard unit such as the metre.
1.1 Physical Quantities
What is a Physical Quantity???
Definition:Definition: A physical quantity is one that can be
measured and that consist of a numerical magnitude and a unit.
Examples include length, volume, time and temperature.
What other physical
quantities can you think of?
Magnitude and Unit
All physical quantities consists of a numerical magnitude (size) and a unit.
E.g. My height = 1.76 m
E.g. The temperature today is 29 oC
Base Quantity There are 7 base quantities. All the other quantities (derived quantities)
can be worked out from the 7 base quantities.
Base Quantities
1. Length
2. Mass
3. Time
4. Temperature
5. Electric current
6. Luminous intensity
7. Amount of substance
Why are these quantities called base quantities?
SI units
French ‘Le Systeme International d’ Unites’ English translation: ‘International System of
units’ This set of units is internationally
accepted/agreed by scientist Imperial Units versus Metric Units
7 Base Quantities and their SI Units
Base Quantities SI units
1. Length (l) metre (m)
2. Mass (m) kilogram (kg)
3. Time (t) second (s)
4. Temperature (T) kelvin (K)
5. Electric current (I) ampere (A)
6. Luminous intensity (Iv) candela (cd)
7. Amount of substance (n) mole (mol)
http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/index.html
SI Units of derived quantities
Example
breadth length
2mm m area ofunit SI
Area(a)
density (b)
m m
volume
mass kg
m3
)-33 kgm(or kg/m density ofunit SI
1.2 SI Units1.2 SI UnitsDerived Quantities
Derived quantities
Symbol for unit
Special name
area m2
volume m3
density kg m3
speed m s—1
acceleration m s—2
force kg m s—2 (N) newton (N)pressure kg m1 s2(N m2) pascal (Pa)work kg m2 s2 (N m) joule (J)power Kg m2 s3 (J s1) watt (W)
Quick Check
1. Name the base quantities and identify their SI units.
Theory Workbook
Exercise 1.1 (page 1)
Q1 and Q2
Specific Instructional Objectives
At the end of the lesson, you should be able to:
1. use the following prefixes and their symbols to indicate decimal sub-multiples and multiples of the SI units: nano (n), micro (μ), milli (m), centi (c), deci (d), kilo (k), mega (M)
2. show an understanding of the orders of magnitude of the sizes of common objects ranging from a typical atom to the Earth
gram
Understanding prefixes
kilo
prefix
kilo = 103 = 1000
Therefore 1 kilogram = 1000 gram
1 km = ________m 1 kJ = ________J
metre
Understanding prefixes
centi
prefix
centi = 10-2 = 0.01
Therefore 1 centimetre = 0.01 metre
Common Prefixes
Factor Name
109 Giga (G)
106 mega (M)
103 kilo (k)
10-1 deci (d)
10-2 centi (c)
10-3 milli (m)
10-6 micro ()
10-9 nano (n)
Example
Write
(a) 50 megawatts (MW) in watts (W)
(b) 250 nanoseconds (ns) in seconds (s)
MWa 50)( W61050W 50000000
nsb 250)( s910250 s 00000025.0
Why do we need prefixes?
Approximate length of some objects
Distance from Earth to Sun 1.5 x 1011 m
Radius of the Earth 6 x 106 m
Height of Mount Everest 1 x 104 m
Length of a football field 1 x 102 m
height of a 4 year-old child 1 m
length of a bee 6 x 10-3 m
diameter of a strand of hair 1 x 10-4 m
diameter of a hydrogen atom
6 x 10-10 m
Quick Check
1. Rewrite the following quantities using suitable prefixes.
(a) 5 000 000 J
(b) 48 000 g
(c) 0.0009 s
MJ 5
kg 48
s 900 ms .9or 0
Theory Workbook
Exercise 1.1 (page 1)
Q3
The Standard Form
Many measurements in modern scientific fields involve very large and very small numbers.
E.g.
Speed of light = 300 000 000 m/s
wavelength of violet light = 0.00000038 m
It is troublesome to write many zeroes for very large and very small numbers.
The Standard Form
Hence mathematicians/scientists decided to use a more convenient known as the standard form: E.g
3 00 000 000 can be written as
3.0 × 100 000 000
= 3.0 × 108 m/s (standard form)
The standard form is always written as
A × 10n,
Where 1 < A < 10 and n is an integer
Which of these figures in standard form?
0.5 × 106
105 × 1082.6 × 103
1.002 × 105
9.9 × 10-8
The Standard Form
Example: Express the following as standard form:
(i)4 0 0 0 0 0 .
= 4.0 × 105
(ii) 3 4 5 0 0 0 0.
= 3.45 × 106
The Standard Form
Example: Express the following as standard form:
(i)2 2 2 0 .
= 2.22 × 103
(ii) 1 0 1.
= 1.01 × 102
The Standard Form
Very small numbers can also be written as standard form: For example
0.038 can be written as
3.8 × 10-2
A × 10n
The Standard Form
Example: Express the following as standard form:
(i) 0. 0 0 0 0 1 2 5.
= 1.25 × 10-5
(ii) 0. 0 0 0 3 4.= 3.4 × 10-4
The Standard Form
Example: Express the following as standard form:
(i) 0. 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3.
= 2.23 × 10-6
(ii) 0. 0 1.
= 1.0 × 10-2
The Standard Form
Example: Express the following in ordinary notation:
(a) 1.25 × 103
(b) 4.3 × 106
(c) 2.6 × 10-3
(d) 8.7 × 10-5
Theory Workbook
Exercise 1.1 (page 1)
Q4
Prefix and standard form
50,000,000 W
= 50MW (prefix)
= 5 x 107 W (standard form)
Both prefixes and use of standard form reduces the need to write many zeros. Which is better?
Specific Instructional Objectives
At the end of the lesson, you should be able to:
1. describe how to measure a variety of lengths with appropriate accuracy by means of tapes, rules, micrometers and calipers, using a vernier scale as necessary.
Measurement of lengths
Which instrument would you use to measure the length of a pencil?
A 15-cm or 30-cm rule
Measurement of lengths
Which instrument would you use to measure the length of your desk?
A metre rule
Measurement of lengths
Which instrument would you use to measure the length of a room?
A measuring tape
Measurement of lengths
Which instrument would you use to measure the length of a school field?
Measurement of lengths
Which instrument(s) would you use to measure the thickness of a pencil?
0.9 cm 0.92 cm
0.922 cm
ruler Vernier calipersMicrometer screw gauge
Measurement of Length
Measuring Instrument Range Precision
Measuring tape 0 – 5 m 0.1 cm
Metre rule 0 – 1 m 0.1 cm
Vernier calipers 0 – 15 cm 0.01 cm
Micrometer
screw gauge0 – 2.5 cm 0.001 cm
Quick Check
Which instruments would you use to measure the lengths of the following?
Diameter of a strand of hair
Internal diameter of a mug
Length of your textbook
Vernier Calipers
Vernier Calipers
Measured value is between 23 and 24 mm
= 23. __ mm
23 6
6
mm
Vernier Calipers
0 5 10
3 cm 4 cm0 cm
2.9_ cm4
Main scale
Vernier scale
Theory Workbook
Exercise 1.3 (page 3)
Q4
(a) 3.43 cm
(b) 1.39 cm
Parts of a vernier calipers
Depth bar
Outer jaws
inner jaws
• Two main types of errors
1.5 Measurement of Length and Time1.5 Measurement of Length and Time
Random errors Systematic errorsRandom errors because they are unpredictable
Not random but constant
They arise when observers estimate the last figure of a reading on an instrument.
Due to the equipment being used – e.g. a ruler with zero error
Minimized by averaging a large number of readings
Cannot be reduced by averaging, but they can be eliminated if the sources of the errors are known
Accurate Measurement
Zero Error on a Vernier Scale
What isZero Error???
What isZero Error???
Definition:Definition:If the zero marks on the main scale and vernier scale do not coincide when the jaws are closed, there is a zero error.
Zero Error Subtracted from Reading
4th line after zero on vernier scale coincides with line on main scale: zero error = 0.04 cm
Zero error is subtracted from the reading
Zero Error Added to Reading
7th line after zero on vernier scale coincides with line on main scale:
Zero error = 0.1 – 0.07
= 0.03 cm
Zero Error Added to Reading
0.07 cm
Zero Error Added to Reading
7th line after zero on vernier scale coincides with line on main scale:
Zero error = 0.1 – 0.07
= 0.03 cm Zero error is ‘added’ to the reading
Note: By convention, ‘under-read’ zero error is negative, i.e. the zero error in this case is – 0.03 cm.
Textbook
Read TB pg 13
Example
Reading when jaws are closed
Reading when jaws are used to measure the thickness of a coin
Zero error
= +0.08 cm
Reading on scale
= 0.64 cm
Thickness of coin= 0.64 – 0.08 = 0.56 cm
Example
0 5 10
1 cm 2 cm
0 5 10
0 cm
1
Reading when jaws are closed
Reading when jaws are used to measure the thickness of a coin
Zero error
= - 0.02 cm
Reading on scale
= 0.84 cm
Thickness of coin= 0.84 – (- 0.02) = 0.86 cm
The micrometer screw gauge
http://members.shaw.ca/ron.blond/Micrometer.APPLET/
The micrometer screw gauge
Reading
= main scale R + thimble scale R
5.5 mm
mm 0.14 mm
= 5.5 + 0.14 = 5.64 mm
The micrometer screw gauge
5.14 mm
mm
The micrometer screw gauge
25
30
35
7.29 mm
mm
The micrometer screw gauge
25
30
35
3.79 mm
The micrometer screw gauge
35
40
45
4.39 mm
The micrometer screw gauge
35
40
45
6.89 mm
Theory Workbook
Exercise 1.3 (page 3)
Q5
(a) 4.13 mm
(b) 2.79 mm
Precautions when using a micrometer
Avoid over-tightening use the ratchet for fine adjustment
Clean the ends of anvil and spindle before measuring.
Check for zero-error (read TB page 14)
Zero-error
Theory Workbook
Exercise 1.3 (page 3)
Q6
Zero error = -0.02 mm
Reading on scale = 1.19 mm
Thickness of the coin = 1.19 – (-0.02)
= 1.21 mm
Specific Instructional Objectives
At the end of the lesson, you should be able to:
1. describe how to measure a short interval of time including the period of a simple pendulum with appropriate accuracy using stopwatches or appropriate instruments
How to measure time?
A simple pendulumPendulum.mht
A BO
1 oscillation
= A – O – B – O – A Or: 1 oscillation
= O – B – O – A - O
The Period (T) of a pendulum is the time taken for 1 complete oscillation.
http://www.fearofphysics.com/Pendulums/pendhl.html
http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/oldjava/pendulum30/pendulum.html
Pendulum Lab
Stop Watches
Human Reaction Time: 0.3 s
Theory Workbook
Exercise 1.3 (page 3-4)Q1Q9Q10Q111 (a) Metre rule; (b) vernier calipers; (c) micrometer screw
gauge; (d) zero error; (e) period9 28.4 s; 2 min 25.6 s; 2 min 55.6 s10 34.26 s; 1 min 23.48 s11 (a) 0.64 s; (b) 0.16 s; (c) The period of oscillatoin
increases
Ticker-Tape Timer
Frequency:
50 dots per second
S 50
1
Class Practice/ Homework
Self-Management (TB page 23)
Misconception Analysis Q1 – 10
Practice (TB page 23 – 25)
Q3 and 4
Q1 on unit conversion is a bit challenging (optional)