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2 Fundamental Quantities and Units Fundamental QuantityMKS Unit
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3 Fundamental Quantities and Units Fundamental QuantityMKS Unit * Length(Meters)
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4 Fundamental Quantities and Units Fundamental QuantityMKS Unit * Length(Meters) * Mass(Kilograms)
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5 Fundamental Quantities and Units Fundamental QuantityMKS Unit * Length(Meters) * Mass(Kilograms) * Time(Seconds)
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6 Fundamental Quantities and Units Fundamental QuantityMKS Unit * Length(Meters) * Mass(Kilograms) * Time(Seconds) * Temperature(Degrees)
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7 Fundamental Quantities and Units Fundamental QuantityMKS Unit * Length(Meters) * Mass(Kilograms) * Time(Seconds) * Temperature(Degrees) * Electric Current(Amperes)
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8 Fundamental Quantities and Units Fundamental QuantityMKS Unit * Length(Meters) * Mass(Kilograms) * Time(Seconds) * Temperature(Degrees) * Electric Current(Amperes) * Amount of Substance(Moles)
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9 Fundamental Quantities and Units Fundamental QuantityMKS Unit * Length(Meters) * Mass(Kilograms) * Time(Seconds) * Temperature(Degrees) * Electric Current(Amperes) * Amount of Substance(Moles) * Luminous Intensity(Candela)
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10 Fundamental Quantities and Units Common Systems: * British * Metric U.S. uses a “combination” of these Scientific Community Metric System Manufacturing, General Public British (How much do you weight?) Conversion tables are provided in the textbook
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11 Fundamental Quantities and Units U.S. uses a “combination” of these Example: Pressures are commonly reported in “psi.” psi means Pounds per Square Inch, and is a pressure unit from the British system. The metric unit is Newtons/Square meter. According to the conversion tables in the book, 1 psi = 6895 N/m 2
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13 Fundamental Quantities and Units Fundamental QuantityMKS Unit * Length(Meters) * Mass(Kilograms) * Time(Seconds)
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