Specific Instructions in the completion of this Chapter:

1. Student must read and understand the Intended Learning Outcomes specified above
and make it as a checklist of acquired knowledge and skills after completing the
entire chapter. This shall be the basis of the teacher in the formulation of the
Summative evaluation given at the end of the chapter.
2. Students must carefully study the given lecture notes and take note of topics that
were not clearly stated or understood by the student. This area can be referred to
the subject teacher during consultation hours provided for the students to contact
the teacher.
3. Study the discussions and insights given and follow instructions for activities if there
are.
4. After completely reading all the materials, open the video links of the lessons given
along with this learning package and watch the given videos to supplement your
reading. (please check your USB content).
5. Upon completion of all the lessons and topics presented, answer the self-reflection
questions given to you. Check the instruction of to answer and what to do to comply
with required answers.
6. Compile your outputs in your Learning Portfolio to be submitted at specific date by
your teacher.
7. Should the student have any queries or clarifications with the topics, the student
should contact the subject teacher in the given consultation hours which can be
found in the preliminaries of this material.

Key Terms:
 Measurement
 International System of Units
 Metric system
 English system
 Derived quantities
 Base quantities
CHAPTER 2- MEASUREMENT (5 hrs.)

MEASUREMENT
Measurement is used to describe matter quantitatively through the use of measuring
instrument like meter stick, weighing scale, beaker, graduated cylinder, ruler, tape measure.
Different instrument measures different quantities.

DRILL: Below is a table of quantities. Beside it, write the instrument/s use to measure
that quantity. Each item is 5 points.

Quantity Instrument
Distance METERSTICK, TAPE MEASURE. RULER,

Mass Weighing scale, balance

Temperature thermometer

Weight Spring balance

Time stopwatch

Speed speedometer

VITRUVIAN MAN

International System of Units (SI)- This was proposed by the scientific community for the
standard units of measurement. There was other system of units before the SI units. First was
the English system proposed by the Ancient English people. Second was the Metric system
which is the unit of measurement with the base of 10. Below is the list of the different units of
English and metric system.

SYSTEM UNITS
ENGLISH Pound, atmosphere, inch, yard, mile, bar, mil/hr,
METRIC Meter, liter, centimeter, pascal, newton, hour, second, cubic meter

Conventional units of the SI Units

BASED/FUNDAMENTAL QUANTITIES
Quantity SI Unit
 Length Meter (m)
Mass Kilogram (kg)
Time Second (s)
Temperature Kelvin (K)
Amount of Substance Mole (mol)
Luminous Intensity Candela (cd)
Electric current Ampere (A)
DERIVED UNITS (named a few)
Speed Meter per second(m/s)
Acceleration Meter per second square (m/s2)
Force Newton (N)
Pressure Pascal (Pa)
Volume Cubic meter (m3)
Density Kilogram/cubic meter (kg/m3)

Conversion of Units

Note: To better understand the conversion of units, visit your flash drive and watch the video
entitle “conversion of units”. You need to have conversion factors and prefixes. It is available
in bookstores.

TEACHER’S INSIGHT

SI units is proposed because metric system is hard to convert to metric system. SI

unit is a conventional to agree what unit of measurement is used. The SI unit for length
is meter. Meter is one part of the distance traveled by light in one second. The SI unit for
Mass is kilogram. Kilogram is the mass of a platinum-iridium cylinder metal alloy. Second
is the SI unit of time. Second is the 9 billion times vibration of the molecules of cesium
atom. Atomic clock is the most accurate measurement of time nowadays. During the
ancient periods, people used their body parts for measurement. Examples are, they used
their hands like from tip to tip of their hands when expanded is called span. Their foot is
a foot today. Since people are not the same in size, they actually made a standard
measurement. So, this is the essence of having a standard measurement to have
accurate and precise measurements.

ACTIVITY 4: CONVERTIONS

DIRECTIONS: Convert the following quantities. Two-point each item. You may use a
separate sheet of bond paper for this.

1. 10 km to mil
2. 5.5 lbs.-gram
3. 300m/s-km/hr.
4. 1 liter- cubic centimeter
5. 40-degree Fahrenheit to degree Celsius
6. 220 Kelvin to degree Fahrenheit
 7. 25 years to second
8. 120 years to century
9. 34 inches to centimeters
10. 21 s to hour

SIGNIFICANT FIGURES
This are digits that are significant in a certain measurement. This can be achieved by
controlling the number of digits used to report the measurement. This consist of all the
digits known with certainty plus one more digit that is uncertain or estimated.

Example: In the measurement of 1001 m, there are 4 significant figures. In 100000 kg has
only one significant figure. In o. oo1s has only one significant figure. In 10.000 has 5
significant figures. To better understand the concept of significant figure, visit the flash
drive and look for the power point and video entitled significant figure.

TEACHER’S INSIGHTS
Significant figure is very important to us. This will help us not to be bias on the
quantities we are measuring. Measuring devices will dictate you how many significant
figures must be recorded. For example, you used meter stick. It is impossible for you
to record 0.0001 meter. Another is when you use an analog weighing scale. It is very
impossible for you to record 1.0001 kg. Also, it is very hard for us to determine the
number of significant figures when the measurement is exact like the value of pie. The
value of pie is 3.1415………. which has infinite value of significant figure.

QUIZ 2:

DIRECTIONS: Write the number of significant figure and identify what rule is involved.
Two-point each.
1. 23000 km

2. 0.0000123 Pa

3. 1002.110 s

4. 3.000 lbs.

5. 23 handsome students
Apply in to practice: What are the things have you measured already. Did you measure
correctly? What is the effect of measuring properly?

Self-Reflection: What are the things have you measured already. Did you measure correctly?
What is the effect of measuring properly?
Different measuring instrument gives different measurements. Will you agree if the scientific
community will propose a standard measuring instrument?

References:

General chemistry 1 by Luciana V. LLao 31-39

Introduction to Physics by Johnson and Cutnell pp. 3-20