Chapter 1 Review

Q1
a) State three SI base units other than the kilogram and second.
b) Show that the S units of energy per unit volume are kg m
1
s
2
.
c) For a wire extended elastically, the elastic energy per unit volume X is
given by
X = C
2
E
where C is a constant,
is the strain of the wire,
and E is the physical quantity of Pascal .

Show that C has no units.
Q2
a) Determine the SI base units of power.
b) Fig. 1.1 shows a turbine that is used to generate electrical power from
the wind.











The power P available from the wind is given by
P =CL
2
v
3


where L is the length of each blade of the turbine,
is the density of air,
v is the wind speed,
C is a constant.

i. Show that C has no units.
ii. The length L of each blade of the turbine is 25.0 m and the
density, of air is 1.30 in SI units. The constant C is 0.931.
The efficiency of the turbine is 55% and the electric power
output P is 3.50 10
5
W.
Calculate the wind speed.



Q3
a) State the SI base units of volume.
b) Show that the SI base units of pressure are kg m
1
s
2
.
c) The volume V of liquid that flows through a pipe in time t is given
by the equation

where P is the pressure difference between the ends of the pipe of
radius r and length l. The constant C depends on the frictional effects
of the liquid.

Determine the base units of C.

Q4

a) A cylindrical disc is shown in Fig. 1.1.

The disc has diameter 28 mm and thickness 12 mm.
The material of the disc has density 6.8 10
3
kg m
-3
.
Calculate, to two significant figures, the weight of the disc.

b) The time T for a satellite to orbit the Earth is given by

where R is the distance of the satellite from the centre of the Earth,
M is the mass of the Earth,
and K is a constant.
Determine the SI base units of K.












Past Year Questions
1. What is the unit of h (the Planck constant) (in terms of base units)
in the equation E = hf ? (E is the energy of a photon of a photon of light
and f is its frequency.)

2. Two of the SI base quantities and their units are mass (kg) and length (m).
Name three other SI base quantities and their units.


3. The pressure p due to a liquid of density is related to the depth h by the
expression p = gh, where g is the acceleration of free fall.
Use this expression to determine the derived units of pressure.
Explain your working.


4. The unit V for voltage can be expressed a JC
-1
, and the unit ohm () for resistance
can be expressed as VA
-1
. Deduce
a) The unit V
b) The unit in terms of the base SI units.