Syllabus Physics
Units and Measurement-
Physical Quantities-It is a Property of body which can be measured.
There are 2 types Quantites
1- Fundamental Quantities-the physical Quantities which are
independent to each other are called Fundamental Quantities and their
units are called Fundamental Units
2- Derrived Quantities-the physical Quantities which are obtained in
terms of fundamental Quantities are derived quantities and their units
are called Derrived units Exp-Velocity (m/s), Force (N) WORK (J) etc
Basic Units- meter, Kilogram and Second
System of units -1- CGS- Centimeter , Gram ,Second
2-FPS- Foot , pound , Second
3-MKS-Meter , Kilogram , Second
4-SI Systems- International System of Units
Fundamenta units in SI System
S. Fundamenta Qunantity Fundamental unit Symbol
No
1 Length Meter m
2 Mass Kilogram Kg
3 Time Second s
4 Current Ampere A/I
5 Temperature Kelvin K
6 Luminous Intensity Candela Cd
7 Amount of Substance Mole mol
Supplementary Fundamenta units in SI System
1 Plain angle Radian rad
2 Solid angle Steradian sr
Unit of Length
1-The SI Units of length is metre (m)
2-one metre is the distance travel by light in 1/299792458 of a second
3-Light Year is the distance travel by light in one year in vacuum
3- 1 light year = 9.46X1015 m
4- Parallactic Second (Parsec) is the distance at which an arc of length
equal to one astronomical unit subtend an angle of one second at point
5- 1 parsec = 3.083X1018 m
6- 1 angstrom (A0)=10-10 m 7-X-unit = 10-14 m 8-1 fermi=10-15 m
7- 1 yard=0.9144
Unit of Mass
1-One Kilogram is the mass of 5.0188x1025 atoms of Carbon -12
2-1 atomic mass unit (amu)=1.66X10-27 Kg
3-1 Slug =14.57 Kg
4-1 Chandrashekhar limit (CSL)=1.4 times the mass of Sun=28X1030
Kg
Unit of Time
1- 1 second = 1/86400 of mean Solar Day
2- 1 Lunar Month =27.3 Day
3- 1 Shake=10-8 s
Important Prefix of Units
Exa (E) = 1018 Peta(P)= 1015
Tera (T)= 1012 Giga(G)= 109
Mega (M)= 106 Kilo(K)= 103
Hecto (h)= 102 Deka(da)= 10
Deci (d)= 10-1 Centi(c)= 10-2
Mili (m)= 10-3 Micro(μ)= 10-6
Nano (n)= 10-9 Pico(p)= 10-12
Femto (f)= 10-15 Zatto(a)= 10-18
