Physical quantities and measurement techniques (1.1) | Cambridge IGCSE (9–1) Physics 0972 (Extended) (2026–2028)

1.1 Physical quantities and measurement techniques

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$1 Describe the use of rulers and measuring cylinders to find a length or a volume 2 Describe how to measure a variety of time intervals using clocks and digital timers 3 Determine an average value for a small distance and for a short interval of time by measuring multiples (including the period of oscillation of a pendulum)$	$4 Understand that a scalar quantity has magnitude (size) only and that a vector quantity has magnitude and direction 5 Know that the following quantities are scalars: distance, speed, time, mass, energy and temperature 6 Know that the following quantities are vectors: force, weight, velocity, acceleration, momentum, electric field strength and gravitational field strength 7 Determine, by calculation or graphically, the resultant of two vectors at right angles, limited to forces or velocities only$

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1 Describe the use of rulers and measuring cylinders to find a length or a volume 2 Describe how to measure a variety of time intervals using clocks and digital timers 3 Determine an average value for a small distance and for a short interval of time by measuring multiples (including the period of oscillation of a pendulum)

4 Understand that a scalar quantity has magnitude (size) only and that a vector quantity has magnitude and direction 5 Know that the following quantities are scalars: distance, speed, time, mass, energy and temperature 6 Know that the following quantities are vectors: force, weight, velocity, acceleration, momentum, electric field strength and gravitational field strength 7 Determine, by calculation or graphically, the resultant of two vectors at right angles, limited to forces or velocities only

Physical quantities and measurement techniques