Reviewing Measurement Pre-Topic Quiz

It’s time to take the section’s pre-topic quiz. This quiz will assess your understanding of topics you should have learned in other science classes that are necessary for success in AP Physics 1. If you do not perform well on the quiz, continue with this section to brush up on these skills before you begin studying physics.

You should be able to:

1. Perform basic measurements.
2. Differentiate between accuracy and precision of measurements.
3. Determine the number of significant figures in a value and in calculations.
4. Define SI units for length, mass, time, electric current, etc. and use metric prefixes.
5. Convert one unit to another comparable unit using dimensional analysis.
6. Compare and order numbers of different orders of magnitude.