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SELMAN, CHAPTER 2
Standard Units
| VOCAB | DEFINITION |
|---|---|
| PHYSICS | branch of science which deals with matter, energy, and their relation to each other |
| RAD PHYSICS | physics that pertains to the origin, nature, and behavior of x-rays and related types of radiation |
| SCIENCE | organized and classified knowledge |
| FUNDAMENTAL UNITS | length, mass, time |
| ANGSTROM | how wavelenghts are measured |
| KILOMETER | 1000 meters = 3/5 mile |
| INCH | 2.54 cm |
| MASS | the quantity of matter in a body |
| WEIGHT | the force with which the earth attracts the body at some given location |
| KILOGRAM | the weight of standard piece of platinum-iridium |
| TIME | a measure of the duration of events |
| SECOND | standard unit of time, defined as 1/86,400 of a mean solar day |
| AREA | the measure of a given surface |
| VOLUME | a measure of the capacity of a container |
| DENSITY | the mass per unit volume of a substance |
| VELOCITY | speed in a given direction |
| TEMPERATURE | a measure of the avg energy of motion of the molecules of matter |
| CELSIUS CONVERSION | C = 5/9 (F-32) |
| FAHRENHEIT CONVERSION | F = 9/5 C + 32 |