A-LEVEL PHY 3.1: Measurements and Their Errors

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A-LEVEL Physics: 1.1.1: SI Units (SaveMyExams)
What is the si base unit for mass,
What is the si base unit for length,
What is the si base unit for time
7  cards
A-LEVEL Physics: 1.1.2: Powers of Ten (SaveMyExams)
Powers of ten are numbers that ca...
1  cards
A-LEVEL Physics: 1.1.3: Estimating Physical Quantities (SaveMyExams)
When a number is expressed in an ...,
A quantity is an order of magnitu...
2  cards
A-LEVEL Physics: 1.2.1: Sources of Uncertainty (SaveMyExams)
Measurements of quantities are ta...,
What is uncertainty,
___ ___ errors are two types of e...
17  cards
A-LEVEL Physics: 1.2.2: Calculating Uncertainties (SaveMyExams)
There is always a degree of ___ w...,
Uncertainty can be thought of as ...,
What is absolute uncertainty
12  cards
A-LEVEL Physics: 1.2.3: Determining Uncertainties from Graphs (SaveMyExams)
The uncertainty in a measurement ...,
How are error bars drawn on graph...,
Error bars are plotted on graphs ...
5  cards
A-LEVEL Physics: 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3 (PMT)
What are si units,
The si units are made up of 6,
The si units can be derived by their
44  cards
A-LEVEL Physics: 1.1.1: Use of SI Units (Seneca)
What are si base units,
The si units 7,
Si base units can be ___ to form ...
11  cards
A-LEVEL Physics: 1.1.2 & 1.1.3: SI Prefixes, Standard Form, & Converting Units (Seneca)
Using ___ before a unit indicates...,
What are the 7 main prefixes of s...
2  cards
A-LEVEL Physics: 1.1.4: Limitation of Physical Measurements (Seneca)
Every measurement has an ___,
We can model a measurement you ma...,
Observed value
14  cards
A-LEVEL Physics: 1.1.5: Uncertainty (Seneca)
What is uncertainty,
What is absolute uncertainty,
What is fractional uncertainty
7  cards
A-LEVEL Physics: 1.1.6 & 1.1.7: Estimation (Seneca)
What is the order of magnitude
1  cards

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