1. The distance from the North Pole to the equator via Paris was divided by the French into 10 million parts to have what unit of measure which we use in physics today? 2. Which of the following is a unit of temperature: meter, Celsius, kilogram, second? 3. What do you call the amount of space within a 2-dimension al region measured in terms of square units? 4. What do you call the quantity in three dimensions of space measured in cubic units? 5. Today the meter is no longer defined in terms of the distance from the North Pole to the equator but the length that light travels within how many second(s)? 6. What do you call the doseness of a measurement to its standard value? 7. What is the closeness of the values obtained from several, separate measurements of the same object or event? 8. What is the smallest interval at which there is a change in quantity that is being measured by an instrument? 9. Cite the two types of errors that may be made in measurement: and 10. Quantities with magnitude and direction are called magnitude only are while those with

1. The distance from the North Pole to the equator via Paris was divided by the French into 10 million parts to have what unit of measure which we use in physics today? 2. Which of the following is a unit of temperature: meter, Celsius, kilogram, second? 3. What do you call the amount of space within a 2-dimension al region measured in terms of square units? 4. What do you call the quantity in three dimensions of space measured in cubic units? 5. Today the meter is no longer defined in terms of the distance from the North Pole to the equator but the length that light travels within how many second(s)? 6. What do you call the doseness of a measurement to its standard value? 7. What is the closeness of the values obtained from several, separate measurements of the same object or event? 8. What is the smallest interval at which there is a change in quantity that is being measured by an instrument? 9. Cite the two types of errors that may be made in measurement: and 10. Quantities with magnitude and direction are called magnitude only are while those with

College Physics

11th Edition

ISBN:9781305952300

Author:Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille

Publisher:Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille

Chapter1: Units, Trigonometry. And Vectors

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1CQ: Estimate the order of magnitude of the length, in meters, of each of the following; (a) a mouse, (b)...

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