It’s pop quiz time, people! But don’t worry. No matter how you do on the quiz, your final grades will not be effected. Moreover, whoever gets the most number of answers correct wins a free chickenmonkeydog t-shirt!
BACKGROUND: As it turns out, there are a shocking number of different measurement scales to determine everything from weight, distance, speed, electricity, flow, luminance and more! Today’s pop quiz will be about some of the more obscure measurement scales.
QUESTION: For each of the ten measurement scales below, name what the scale measures. Use of Google or other search engines/tools are not allowed.
(1) Candel Steradian
(2) Megapascal
(3) Newton Metre
(4) Reyn
(5) Foot Candle
(6) Kiljoule
(7) Megavolt
(8) Silver
(9) Microfarad
(10) Oersted
Please submit your answers in the comment fields below.
I feel like I should recognize some of these from high school physics, but I feel like I have never even heard of a few of them. I think kiljoule measures energy. Isn’t megavolts just a lot of volts for measuring electrical power? I would guess newton metre is a measurement of force.
This pop quiz is too hard for a Friday!
do grammar corrections give points to the readers?
All of these are used to measure my patience. I am at level 5 right now.
Pretty sure Newton Metre measures “Work,” because it is Force through a Distance.
Foot candle sounds like a measure of light intensity.
That’s all I’ve got. Mostly speculation. When will the answers come out?