SI Units Flashcards

(7 cards)

1
Q

What is the unit/ symbol/ measure of/ definition for the following?
Second

A

second, s, time, duration of a given number of oscillations of the caesium-133 atom

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

What is the unit/ symbol/ measure of/ definition for the following? metre

A

metre, m, distance, the length of the path travelled by light in a vaccum during a certain fraction of a second

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

What is the unit/ symbol/ measure of/ definition for the following? mole

A

mole, mol, amount, the amount of substance which contains as many elementary particles as there are atoms in 0.012kg of carbon-12

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

What is the unit/ symbol/ measure of/ definition for the following? ampere

A

ampere, A, current, the current in two parallel conductors of infinite length and placed 1 metre apart in a vacuum, which would produce between them a force of 2 x10 (power neg 7) N/m

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

What is the unit/ symbol/ measure of/ definition for the following? candela

A

candela, cd. Luminous intensity, in a given direction, of a source that emits monochromatic light at a specific frequency

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

What is the unit/ symbol/ measure of/ definition for the following? kilogram

A

kilogram, kg, mass, the mass of the international prototype of the kilogram held in Sevres, France

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

What is the unit/ symbol/ measure of/ definition for the following? kelvin

A

kelvin, K, temp, 1/273.16 of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly