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Question 8

The seven SI base units are the second, metre, kilogram, ampere, kelvin, mole and one more. Which is the seventh?

  1. The hertz, for frequency
  2. The newton, for force
  3. The litre, for volume
  4. The candela, for luminous intensityCorrect answer

Explanation

The candela measures how much visible light a source sends out in a given direction, weighted for the response of the human eye. The newton and the hertz are SI units, but derived ones, and the litre is not an SI unit at all.

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