AnswersDriveThe SI base units and their physical quantities are the metre for measurement of length, the kilogram for mass, the second for time, the ampere for electric current, the kelvin for temperature, the candela for luminous intensity, and the mole for amount of substance.
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What is a basic unit?
Any of the fundamental units of length, mass, time, electric current, thermodynamic temperature, amount of substance, or luminous intensity in the International System of Units, consisting respectively of the meter, kilogram, second, ampere, kelvin, mole, and candela.
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What are the base units of the SI system?
SI Base Units
- The ampere (A) The ampere is the SI base unit of electrical current.
- The candela (cd) The candela is the SI base unit of luminous intensity.
- The kelvin (K) The kelvin is the SI base unit of thermodynamic temperature.
- The kilogram (kg) The kilogram is the SI base unit of mass.
- The metre (m)
- The mole (mol)
- The second (s)
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What is the unit of weight in the metric system?
gram ( ) The basic unit of mass in the metric system, equal to 1,000 grams (2.2 pounds). See Table at measurement. See Note at weight. metric system A decimal system of weights and measures based on the meter as a unit of length, the kilogram as a unit of mass, and the liter as a unit of volume.
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What are the units of measurement in the metric system?
The metric system is an alternative system of measurement used in most countries, as well as in the United States. The metric system is based on joining one of a series of prefixes, including kilo-, hecto-, deka-, deci-, centi-, and milli-, with a base unit of measurement, such as meter, liter, or gram.
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What is the unit of time?
The base unit for time is the second (the other SI units are: metre for length, kilogram for mass, ampere for electric current, kelvin for temperature, candela for luminous intensity, and mole for the amount of substance).
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What is the SI unit of weight?
The unit of measurement for weight is that of force, which in the International System of Units (SI) is the newton. For example, an object with a mass of one kilogram has a weight of about 9.8 newtons on the surface of the Earth, and about one-sixth as much on the Moon.
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What is a unit of length?
Units of Length. Recall that the most common metric units of length used are the kilometre (km), the metre (m), the centimetre (cm) and the millimetre (mm).
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What units are used to measure volume in the metric system?
The base units of length and volume are linked in the metric system. By definition, a liter is equal to the volume of a cube exactly 10 cm tall, 10 cm long, and 10 cm wide. Because the volume of this cube is 1000 cubic centimeters and a liter contains 1000 milliliters, 1 milliliter is equivalent to 1 cubic centimeter.
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What is the SI unit of length?
The SI unit for length is meters(m), for mass is kilograms(kg), for volume is cubic meter(m^3), for density kilogram per cubic meter(kg/m^3), for time is seconds(s), and for temperature is kelvins(K).
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What is the basic unit of mass in the SI system?
The kilogram is the SI base unit of mass and is equal to the mass of the international prototype of the kilogram , a platinum-iridium standard that is kept at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) .
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What is the SI unit used to measure distance?
Every system of measures, such as the SI (metric ) system has a standard unit for most measurements. The SI “standard” unit for distance if the meter. In the vLength conversion calculator you will find at least seven SI units of length or distance.
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What is the unit of temperature in the English system?
Definition
| Dimension | English Engineering unit | SI unit |
|---|---|---|
| length | foot (ft) | meter (m) |
| mass | pound mass (lb) | kilogram (kg) |
| force | pound force (lbf) | newton (N) |
| temperature | degree Fahrenheit (°F) | degree Celsius (°C) |
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What is imperial system of units?
Most countries use the Metric System, which uses the measuring units such as meters and grams and adds prefixes like kilo, milli and centi to count orders of magnitude. In the United States, we use the older Imperial system, where things are measured in feet, inches and pounds.
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What is the SI unit of acceleration?
Calculating acceleration involves dividing velocity by time — or in terms of units, dividing meters per second [m/s] by second [s]. Dividing distance by time twice is the same as dividing distance by the square of time. Thus the SI unit of acceleration is the meter per second squared.