Identify the derived units from the given physical quantities.
temperature, acceleration, work, current.
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SI base units
The SI is founded on seven SI base units for seven base quantities assumed to be mutually independent, as given in Table 1.
Table 1. SI base units
SI base unit
Base quantity Name Symbol
length meter m
mass kilogram kg
time second s
electric current ampere A
thermodynamic temperature kelvin K
amount of substance mole mol
luminous intensity candela cd
For detailed information on the SI base units, see Definitions of the SI base units and their Historical context.
SI derived units
Other quantities, called derived quantities, are defined in terms of the seven base quantities via a system of quantity equations. The SI derived units for these derived quantities are obtained from these equations and the seven SI base units. Examples of such SI derived units are given in Table 2, where it should be noted that the symbol 1 for quantities of dimension 1 such as mass fraction is generally omitted.
