Quantities Flashcards
1
Q
Physical property of a material or system that can be qualified or measured using numbers
A
Physical quantity
2
Q
Physical quantities that cannot be derived in terms of other physical quantities
A
Base quantity
3
Q
Physical quantities derived from base quantities by multiplication or division or both
A
Derived quantity
4
Q
They do not depend on other physical quantities for their measurements
A
Fundamental quantity
5
Q
One set of fundamental units in a system of measurement
A
Base unit
6
Q
Unit adopted for measurement if base quantity
A
Fundamental unit
7
Q
metric system that is used universally as a standard unit
A
SI unit
