Physics Fundamentals Flashcards

Fundamental Units, Preffixes and Standard Notation

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What are the fundamental units?

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Mass, time, distance, electric current, amount (mole) and temperature

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Temperature

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Kelvin, K

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Amount

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Mole, mol

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What are derived units

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Units that are made from combinations of fundamental units like joules, metres etc

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What sf/dp are answers written to?

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To the biggest number of sf given in the calculation

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