Physics 0625 · IGCSE · Physical quantities and measurement techniques

Physical quantities and measurement techniques — practice question

A wire is roughly $48\,\text{cm}$ in length and has an estimated diameter of $0.3\,\text{mm}$. Which measuring instruments could be used to measure the wire’s dimensions more precisely?

  • Alength of the wire: $30\,\text{cm}$ ruler; diameter of the wire: micrometer
  • Blength of the wire: half-metre rule; diameter of the wire: $30\,\text{cm}$ ruler
  • Clength of the wire: half-metre rule; diameter of the wire: micrometer
  • Dlength of the wire: micrometer; diameter of the wire: half-metre rule

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