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Module 2 - Foundation of physics
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7 base quantities and their units
Length
metres
Mass
kg
Time
seconds
Temperature
kelvin
Electrical
current
amperes
Amount of substance
mol
Luminous
intensity
candela
Addition of vectors
Adding
the horizontal
and
vertical components
separately.
Component of a
vector
Breaking down a vector into
horizontal
and
vertical
scales
Femto
10^
-15
Femto
10^
-15
Giga
10
^
9
Kilo
10^3
Kilo
10^3
Mega
10
^
6
Micro
10^
-6
Milli
10^
-3
Nano
10^
-9
Peta
10
^
15
Pico
10^
-12
Resultant vector
The
sum
of the
components
of vectors. So there is only one arrow
Tera
10
^
12
Tera
10
^12
Scalar
quantity
Quantity with
magnitude
only
Vector quantity
Quantity with both
magnitude
and
direction.
Quantity where
direction
is important