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Physical Quantities (Fundamental and Derived) Flashcards

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What are Physical Quantities?

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Physical quantities are a characteristic or property of an object that can be measured or calculated from other measurements.

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What are Units?

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Units are standards for expressing and comparing the measurement of physical quantities.

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What are Fundamental Quantities/ Base Quantities?

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Fundamental Quantities or Base Quantities are physical quantities which do not depend on any other physical quantities for their measurements.

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How many base quantities are there?

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There are seven base quantities.

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What are Derived Quantities?

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Derived quantities are quantities formed by multiplying and/or dividing two or more quantities.

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What is the name and symbol for the base quantity Length?

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Name: Meter
Symbol: m

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What is the name and symbol for the base quantity Mass?

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Name: Kilogram
Symbol: kg

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What is the name and symbol for the base quantity Time?

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Name: Second
Symbol: s

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What is the name and symbol for the base quantity Thermodynamic Temperature?

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Name: Kelvin
Symbol: K

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What is the name and symbol for the base quantity Electric Current?

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Name: Ampere
Symbol: A

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What is the name and symbol for the base quantity Amount of Substance?

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Name:Mole
Symbol: mol

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What is the name and symbol for the base quantity Luminous Intensity?

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Name: Candela
Symbol: cd

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What is the Base quantity for the name and symbol Candela (c)?

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Luminous Intensity

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What is the Base quantity for the name and symbol mole (mol)?

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Amount of Substance

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What is the Base quantity for the name and symbol ampere (A)?

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Electric Current

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What is the Base quantity for the name and symbol Kelvin (K)?

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Thermodynamic Temperature

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What is the Base quantity for the name and symbol Second (s)?

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Time

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What is the Base quantity for the name and symbol Kilogram (kg)?

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Mass

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What is the Base quantity for the name and symbol Meter (m)?

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Length

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