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Name: _____________________________ Class:________

Measurements(5054)
1. A list of various quantities is shown. 6. What is the name and value of the unit of
power written as mW?
acceleration
displacement
force
length
mass
velocity

How many of these quantities are vectors? 7. A car’s acceleration and maximum speed
are improved by using an engine of smaller
mass andgreater driving force.
A2 B3 C4 D5
How many of the underlined quantities are
vectors?
2. A student determines the circumference
of a football.
A1 B2 C3 D4
Which instrument gives a reading that is the
circumference of the football? 8. Which quantity is a vector?

A calipers A speed
B micrometer B force
C rule C mass
D tape D distance
9. What is the size of the resultant of the
3. What is measured using a micrometer? two forces shown in the diagram?

A area
B current
C length
D mass

4. Which quantities are both vectors?

A acceleration and length


B distance and velocity
C length and distance
D velocity and acceleration.
A 1.0N B 3.5N C 5.0N D 7.0N
5.Which is a vector quantity?
A a mass of 2.0 kg
B a temperature of –10 °C 10. What is a possible mass for a normal
C a weight of 15 N adult person?
D an average speed of 20 m / s.
A 7.5 kg B 75 kg C 750 kg D 7500 kg
Name: _____________________________ Class:________
Measurements(5054)
Which instruments are most suitable to
measure accurately the length and the
diameter of the wire?
11. A small cylinder is rolled along a ruler
and completes two revolutions.

The circumference is the distance around


the outside of a circle.
15. Which device can be used to measure
What is the circumference of the cylinder? the thickness of a single sheet of paper?

A a metre rule
A 4.4 cm B 5.2 cm C 8.8 cm D 10.2 cm B a micrometer
C a plastic ruler
12. Which list contains only scalar D a measuring tape
quantities?
16. A length of copper pipe, of uniform
A acceleration, displacement, velocity cross-section and several metres long,
B distance, force, speed carries water to a tap.
C force, length, time
D length, mass, speed
13. A manufacturer measures the three
dimensions of a wooden floor tile using
three different instruments.
The approximate dimensions of the tile are
shown.

Measurements are taken to determine


accurately the volume of copper in the pipe.
Which instruments are used?
Which instruments are used to measure
accurately each of these dimensions? A calipers and micrometer
B micrometer and rule
C rule and tape
D tape and calipers

17. Velocity is given by the change in


displacement divided by the change in time.
How many vector quantities appear in this
14. A length of copper wire is labelled statement?
‘length 30 m’ and ‘diameter 0.50 mm’.
Name: _____________________________ Class:________
Measurements(5054)
A0 B1 C2 D3

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18. The diameter and the length of a thin


wire, approximately 1 m in length, are
measured as accurately as possible.
What are the best instruments to use?

19. A quantity is quoted as having a value


of 6.2 ms.

In what units is it measured?


A metres
B metres per second
C microseconds
D milliseconds

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