Learning Objectives
After completing the topic, the student will be able to:
- Understand the importance of fundamental units of physical quantities and distinguish between the two systems of units.
- Explore the rules for writing the units for any physical quantity.
- Estimate and measure very small and very large distances.
- Determine the dimensions of any physical quantity, using dimensional analysis.
- Understand the nature of errors and methods of analysis of the errors in measurement.
- Observe and understand the difference between accuracy and precision.
- Determine the number of significant figures in a numerical value.
- Analyse the least count of some measuring devices
- Differentiate between vectors and scalars and investigate the importance of vectors with relevance to daily life applications.
- Express vectors in different types of co-ordinate system.
- Identify the types of vectors and resolve them in to their corresponding components, based on the angle subtended.
- Employ methods for addition and multiplication of vectors, with reference to the properties of dot and cross products.