AnswersDrive| Examples of SI derived units expressed in terms of base units | ||
|---|---|---|
| Derived Quantity | SI derived unit | |
| area | square metre | m2 |
| volume | cubic metre | m3 |
| speed, velocity | metre per second | m/s |
What is the unit of measurement for surface area?
The SI unit of area is square metre ( ). In fact, every unit of length has a corresponding unit of area, like square centimetres ( c m 2 ), square millimetres ( m m 2 ), square kilometres ( k m 2 ), square feets ( f t 2 ), square yards ( y d 2 ), square miles ( m i 2 ), etc.
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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 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 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 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 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 measure for 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 is the unit for KG S?
m/s or kg. m. s -1 ) is the standard unit of momentum . Reduced to base units in the International System of Units ( SI ), a kilogram-meter per second is the equivalent of a newton-second (N.
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What is the unit for m 2 s 2?
Examples of derived quantities and units
| Name | Symbol | Expression in terms of SI base units |
|---|---|---|
| joule per kilogram | J/kg | m2⋅s−2 |
| joule per cubic metre | J/m3 | m−1⋅kg⋅s−2 |
| newton per metre | N/m = J/m2 | kg⋅s−2 |
| watt per square metre | W/m2 | kg⋅s−3 |
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What is the unit of an area?
Are, basic unit of area in the metric system, equal to 100 square metres and the equivalent of 0.0247 acre. Its multiple, the hectare (equal to 100 ares), is the principal unit of land measurement for most of the world.
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What is the unit of measurement?
It is also called the International System of Units, or SI. Units of measure in the metric system include: The units of length or linear size are based on the metre. They include the kilometre (km) which is 1000 meters, the centimetre (cm), and the millimetre (mm) which is 1/1000th of a meter.
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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 SI unit of speed?
The SI unit of time is the second. The SI unit of speed and velocity is the ratio of two — the meter per second. This unit is only rarely used outside scientific and academic circles. Most people on this planet measure speeds in kilometer per hour (km/h or sometimes kph).
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What are the examples of derived units?
| Examples of SI derived units expressed in terms of base units | ||
|---|---|---|
| Derived Quantity | SI derived unit | |
| density, mass density | kilogram per cubic metre | kg/m3 |
| specific volume | cubic metre per kilogram | m3/kg |
| current density | ampere per square metre | A/m2 |
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What is the SI unit of power?
The dimension of power is energy divided by time. The SI unit of power is the watt (W), which is equal to one joule per second.
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What is the SI unit of volume of a liquid?
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 unit of mass in the SI unit?
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 basic unit of length?
The basic unit of length in the metric system is the meter (m). Common derived units are the centimeter (cm) (10-2 or 1/100 of a meter) and the millimeter (mm) (10-3 or 1/1000 of a meter). For measuring large distances, the kilometer (103 or 1000 meters) is often used.