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Texas Gateway: The Language of Physics: Physical Quantities and Units Unit PlanTexas Gateway: The Language of Physics: Physical Quantities and Units Unit Plan
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Texas Gateway: The Language of Physics: Physical Quantities and Units

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By the end of this section, you will be able to associate physical quantities with their International System of Units (SI) and perform conversions among SI units using scientific notation; relate measurement uncertainty to significant figures and apply the rules for using significant figures in calculations; and correctly create, label, and identify relationships in graphs using mathematical relationships (e.g., slope, y-intercept, inverse, quadratic and logarithmic).

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significant figures, scientific notation

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mathematical relationships, english units, international system of units (si), metric prefixes, physics, section key terms, texas gateway, the language of physics: physical quantities and units, conversions among si units using scientific notation, si units of measurement

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