Name:__________________ Year: __9___ Sec: _____
Date: ______________
Subject: Physics Topic: Units and Measurements
Objective: To apply the knowledge and understanding of measurement of length, mass, time and density
1 Fig. 1.1 shows the top part of a measuring cylinder containing some liquid.
Fig. 1.1
(a) What is the volume of liquid in the measuring cylinder?
volume = .............................cm 3
(b) Fig. 1.1 indicates four ways the observer’s eye could look when taking the reading from the
measuring cylinder. Put a circle around the eye position that gives the correct reading.
(c) In order to fill the measuring cylinder up to the 100 cm3 mark, 80 drops of the liquid are added to the
liquid already in the measuring cylinder. Calculate the average volume of one drop.
average volume of a drop = ............................cm 3
2 Fig. 2.1 is a full-size diagram of a rectangular block.
Fig. 2.1
(a) Use your rule to measure the lengths of the three sides AB, BC and CD. Write your
values below, in cm, to 2 significant figures.
length of AB = ......................... cm
length of BC = ......................... cm
length of CD = ........................ cm
(b) Write down the equation you would use to calculate the volume of the block. Do not attempt a
calculation.
(c) If you used your values from (a), what would be the unit for the volume of the block?
unit of volume = ...........................
3 The mechanical stop-clock shown in Fig. 3.1 has a seconds hand, which rotates once every minute
and a minutes hand, which rotates once every hour.
Fig. 3.1
(a) A student uses the clock to time the intervals between trains travelling along the railway
past his school. He sets the clock to zero (both hands vertical).
As train 1 passes, he starts the clock and leaves it running.
After 35 s, train 2 passes.
On the blank face of Fig. 3.2, show the positions of the two hands of the clock as train 2
passes. Make sure it is clear which hand is which. [2]
Fig. 3.2
(b) Train 3 passes the school 4 minutes and 55 s after the clock was started.
On the blank face of Fig. 3.3, show the positions of the hands of the clock as train 3
passes.
Fig. 3.3
(c) Calculate the time interval between train 2 and train 3.
time interval = ............... min ............... s
4 (a) An unopened bottle of olive oil has a mass of 0.97 kg. The empty bottle has a mass of 0.51 kg.
Calculate the mass of the olive oil.
Fig. 4.1
mass of olive oil = .................................. kg
(b) The olive oil is poured into three 250 cm3 measuring cylinders. The first two cylinders
are filled to the 250 cm3 mark. The third is shown in Fig. 4.2.
Fig. 4.2
(i) What is the volume of the olive oil in the third measuring cylinder?
volume = ..................................cm 3
(ii) Calculate the volume of the olive oil in the unopened bottle.
volume = ..................................cm 3
(iii) Calculate the density of the olive oil. Express your answer to 2 significant figures.
density = ..................................
Fig. 6.1
