Skills Review

Chapter 1

Introduction To Physics

Express each of the following in terms of its base S.I. unit.

(a) 1 km:

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(b) 5 ms:

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(c) 7 MV:

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2 Choose the longest measurement from the following.

2.456 103 cm

2.456 102 mm

2.456 102 m

2.456 103 km

Answer: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3 A wooden block measures 5.0 cm 3.2 cm 1.5 cm. The volume of the wooden block is

__________________________________

4 A mass of 45 g is equivalent to __________________________________ g.

5 Find the derived units for each of the following physical quantities.
(a) Acceleration: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
(b) Speed:

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(c) Density:

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(d) Momentum:

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6 Which of the following quantities is not a derived quantity?

Force

Energy

Momentum

Electric current

Answer: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
7 Each drop of water that falls from a burette has a volume of 1 103 cm3. How many drops of water can fill a 500 cm3
beaker?

8 A satellite receives radio waves of frequency 99.5 MHz. The value of the radio frequency in Hz is
.

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9 Match each of the following physical quantities with its correct S.I. unit.
Energy

Area

Pressure

Temperature

N m2

m2

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1 Select scalar quantities from the following.

Force, Length, Density, Energy, Power, Pressure, Momentum, Time, Mass, Acceleration
Answer: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2 State if each of the following is a scalar or a vector quantity.
(a) 5 m:

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(b) 30 m s1, East:

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(c) 20 degree Celsius:

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(d) 256 bytes:

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(e) 4000 Calories:

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3 What is the difference between mass and weight?

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4 Distinguish between 40 m s1 and 40 m s1 due South.

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5 Distinguish between 5 m and 5 m due West.

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6 Find the sum of 3 kg, 5 kg and 8 kg.

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7 Find the resultant electric potential of 3 V, 4 V, 10 V.

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8 Find the resultant force of 10 N due East and 8 N due West.

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9 The figure shows a wooden block of weight 40 N being pulled vertically upwards
by a string with a force of 60 N. What is the resultant force acting on the
wooden block?

60 N
Wooden
block
40 N

10 Q = Ne where Q is the total charge, N is the number of electrons and e is the charge of an electron. State whether
each of the symbols used is a scalar or a vector quantity.
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11 W = mg where W is weight, m is the mass and g is the acceleration due to gravity. State whether each of the
symbols used is a scalar or a vector quantity.
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1 Initially the burette reading for the water level is 60.0 cm3. After
dripping 250 drops of water into a beaker, the final burette
reading is 70.0 cm3.
(a) Find the volume of water in the beaker.

Burette

Beaker

(b) Estimate the volume of a drop of water.

2 The figure below shows the vernier calipers being

used to measure the thickness of object X.

The reading of the micrometer screw gauge in the

figure above is _______________________.

The reading of the vernier calipers is _______________________.

4 The figure below shows a length measured by using

vernier calipers.

The reading of the micrometer screw gauge in the

The reading of the length is _______________________.

figure above is _______________________ mm.

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1 What is meant by the statement A set of readings is accurate but not precise?
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2 Four contestants P, Q, R and S participate in a dart competition. The positions of darts on the target are as shown in
the figure. Discuss the accuracy and precision of the result obtained by each contestant.
Key:
Position of arrow
Centre of target
(a)
(b)
Contestant
Comments
Contestant
Comments
Q
P
Result
Result

(c)

Contestant
R
Result

Comments

(d)

Contestant
S
Result

Comments

3 State whether each of the following errors can be a positive deviation or/and negative deviation from the actual
value.
(a) Random error:

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(b) Systematic error:

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4 (a) State whether the zero error of a micrometer screw

gauge is a random error or systematic error.
___________________________________________________________________________

(b) What is the zero error of the micrometer screw

gauge shown in the diagram on the right?
___________________________________________________________________________

(c) If a reading of 4.45 mm is obtained by using the

micrometer screw gauge, what must be written for
the actual reading?
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5 The diagram on the right shows the readings of a length

viewed from different positions at A, O and B.
(a) State the type of error involved.
___________________________________________________________________________

(b) Which position gives the correct reading?

___________________________________________________________________________

(c) What is the correct reading?

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1 The figure shows a graph of velocity v against time t.

(a) Calculate the gradient of the graph.

The gradient of the graph = ____________________________________________________

(b) State the value of the intercept on the v-axis.
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(c) Write down an equation to relate v and t.

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2 A spring with a load of mass m is oscillating vertically as shown in

the figure.
The period of oscillation T is taken and the readings are recorded as
shown in the table below.
Mass m (kg)

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

Period T (s)

0.00

0.55

0.77

0.95

1.09

T2 (s2)

0.00

(a) Complete the table above by filling in values of T 2.

(b) Plot a graph of T 2 against m on the graph paper as shown below.

(c) State the following variables.

(i)

Responding variable:

(ii) Manipulated variable:

(iii) Fixed variable:

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(d) What is the conclusion obtained from your graph?

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