Units, Physical Quantities, and Vectors
[Pages:46]Chapter 1
Units, Physical Quantities, and Vectors
PowerPoint? Lectures for University Physics, Thirteenth Edition
? Hugh D. Young and Roger A. Freedman Lectures by Wayne Anderson
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Goals for Chapter 1
? To learn three fundamental quantities of physics and the units to measure them
? To understand vectors and scalars and how to add vectors graphically
? To determine vector components and how to use them in calculations
? To understand unit vectors and how to use them with components to describe vectors
? To learn two ways of multiplying vectors
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The nature of physics ? Physics is an experimental science in which
physicists seek patterns that relate the phenomena of nature. ? The patterns are called physical theories. ? A very well established or widely used theory is called a physical law or principle.
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Physics
Divided into five major areas
? Classical Mechanics ? Relativity ? Thermodynamics ? Electromagnetism ? Optics ? Quantum Mechanics
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Standards and units ? Length, time, and mass are three fundamental
quantities of physics. ? The International System (SI for Syst?me
International) is the most widely used system of units. ? In SI units, length is measured in meters, time in seconds, and mass in kilograms.
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Fundamental Quantities and Their Units
Quantity Length Mass Time Temperature Electric Current Luminous Intensity Amount of Substance
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SI Unit meter kilogram second Kelvin Ampere Candela mole
Unit prefixes ? Table 1.1 shows some larger and smaller units for the
fundamental quantities.
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Prefixes, cont.
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