Physics · OCR H556 · Topic 2.1

Physical quantities and units

Physical quantities, S.I. units.

  • 2 sub-topics
  • Taught in Year 12
  • 24 practice questions
  • 2 animated lessons

What the specification says

Every sub-topic OCR can examine in this topic, with its reference number from the official specification. The Y12 and Y13 tags show when each sub-topic is usually taught.

  1. 2.1.1Physical quantitiesY12
  2. 2.1.2S.I. unitsY12

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Working as a physicist

Easy

SI units · Year 12 · 1 mark

  1. Which of these is an SI base unit?
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  1. The base units are the metre, kilogram, second, ampere, kelvin, mole and candela. The others are derived from them.C: second

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Measurements and their errors

Medium

Estimating physical quantities · Year 12 · 2 marks

  1. Estimate the number of heartbeats in a lifetime, showing your reasoning.
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  1. State sensible values for each quantity used.
  2. ≈ 70 min⁻¹ × 60 × 24 × 365 × 80 ≈ 3 × 10⁹.

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