Accuracy of Instruments Metre Rule 0.1 cm (i.e. 1 mm) Vernier Callipers 0.01 cm Micrometer Screw Gauge 0.

01 mm Analogue Stopwatch 0.1 s / 0.2 s Digital Stopwatch 0.01 s o o Mercury Thermometer (Range of -10 C 110 C) 1oC Mercury Thermometer (Range of -0oC 360oC) 2oC Ammeter 0.1 A / 0.2 A Milliammeter (Small currents) 0.2 mA Voltmeter 0.1 V / 0.2 V

SI Prefixes Prefix tera giga mega kilo hecto deca deci centi milli micro nano pico Symbol T G M k h da d c m n p 10 1012 109 106 103 102 101 101 102 103 106 109 1012
n

Decimal 1000000000000 1000000000 1000000 1000 100 10 0.1 0.01 0.001 0.000001 0.000000001 0.000000000001

Base Quantities (Cannot be defined in terms of other physical quantity) Base Quantity Base SI Units Name Symbol Name Symbol Length Metre m Mass m Kilogram kg Time t Second s Electric Current I Ampere A Temperature T kelvin K Derived Quantities (Combining Base Quantities by Multiplication or/and Division) Area Force Volume Pressure Velocity Frequency Acceleration Work Momentum Electric Charge Density Power

Scalar Quantities (Has EITHER Magnitude or Size) Length Time Temperature Mass Volume Distance Speed Density Power Energy Work

Vector Quantities (Magnitude & Direction) Force Momentum Acceleration

Displacement Velocity Weight

Systematic Errors (Cumulative errors that can be corrected) 1. Zero error (Caused by instruments) Random Errors 1. Eg. Parallax Error (Observers eye are not in a line perpendicular to the plane of the scale)