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Igcse Physics Revision NotesO Level Physics Revision Notes

Physical Quantities And Units

SI Units:

The International System of Units is one of the most widely used system for taking and recording measurements.

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SI Units - Physical Quantite And Units

Prefixes:

Sometimes a physical quantity is too big or too small to be conveniently expressed in basic units. Then prefixes are used.

These are multiples or decimals of ten.

Prefixes

 

Scaler Quantities:

Scaler quantities are those quantities which have a magnitude only.

Examples: mass , volume , distance , speed

 

Vector Quantities:

Vector quantities are those quantities which have magnitude as well as direction.

Examples: displacement, velocity , current , weight , force , acceleration

Measurement of length:

Instruments to be used for measuring different lentghs Vernier Caliper Micro Meter Screw gauge

Verneir caliper:

The following figure shows a vernier caliper, which consists of a main scale and a vernier scale.

Vernier Caliper- How to Use

How to read a vernier Caliper:

  • Check zero error
  • Place the object between the two jaws whose diameter is to be measured
  • Place the object between the two jaws whose diameter is to be measured and close it until it is tight (not very tight,not very less).
  • Read the main scale before the zero marking for the 1st place of decimal.( )
  • For the 2nd place of decimal, look at the vernier scale. Find a marking on the vernier scale that is in line with the main scale.
  • The diameter is fund now by adding the main scale reading and the vernier scale reading

Inside jaws of vernier caliper….. Calculate internal diameter

Outside jaws of vernier caliper … Calculate external diameter

 

 

Zero Error In Vernier Caliper:

The error in the instrument which occurs when the zero of the main scale and vernier

Scale do not coicide when the jaws of the caliper coincide

 

Micrometer Screw Gauge:

How to use a Miro Meter Screw Gauge

How to read a Micro Meter Screw Gauge:

  • Turn the thimble until the anvil and the spindle gently grip the object .
  • Then turn theRatchet untill it starts to click.
  • Read the main scale releasing o the edge of the thimble/
  • Now look at the circular scale on the thimble. find a marking on the circular scale that is in line with the horizontal line of the main scale.
  • Diameter is found by simply adding up the two decimal numbers.

Measurement of Time Using  a Pendulum:

A simple pendulum consists of a bob and a string

The time taken for 1 compete oscillation of the bob is called the PERIOD (T) of the pendulum.

The number of complete oscillations made by the pendulum per second is called the frequency.

Period depends on:

  1. The length of the pendulum (increase with length).
  2. Acceleration due to gravity (decreases with increasing gravity).

 

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