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Unit summary

Revise!

1. A unit of measurement of length that is still 6. Imagine you go on an expedition with your class.
sometimes used in the United Kingdom is called Look at the map your teacher gives you. You have
a yard. 1 yard equals 91.44 cm. Express this to travel 2 km to the north and 1.5 km to the east.
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length in metres. Another unit of length used You are responsible for ensuring that your team
is the mile. 1 mile has 1760 yards. How many does not stray off course, so you must draw a
metres are there in a mile? map of the route. Draw a scaled scheme of your
route, where 1 cm on the scheme stands for
2. Compare the physical quantities of mass and
temperature. How are they similar, and how are 1 km distance.
they different? Explain your answer in detail. a) Draw a line joining the starting point of
the motion and the finishing point. Which
3. Separate these words into substances and
quantity – vector or scalar – does this line
physical bodies:
refer to? Give a reasoned answer.
a) rose e) snow i) pencil
b) How many km did you travel during
b) steel f) alcohol j) copper the expedition?
c) sleepers g) dew drop k) fork 7. The weather we experience is a collection of

d) house h) water different physical phenomena. Create a weather
forecast leaflet for your town. It needs to explain
4. What type of measurements could we make
using these 3 measuring cylinders? Determine all the different types of physical phenomena
the scale division value of each, and give the associated with the weather that people are likely
value of the measurement. to experience where you live throughout the
year. Use images, diagrams, graphs and tables to
help you produce a useful and interesting leaflet.
200 40 200
Use the knowledge you have gained in Physics,

150 30 150 Chemistry, Biology, Maths and Geography lessons
to help you.
100 20 100

50 10 50

a b c

5. A doctor measures your temperature, mass and
height. Are they scalar or vector quantities?
Explain your answer.

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