AOPBP                                                Plant Science – Basic Principles

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Performance Objectives:
  Pass Fail
Topic 1: Units of Measurement
     
1.1 Explain how to calculate area and volume. ____   ____
     
1.2 Demonstrate how to use a conversion table. ____   ____
     
1.3 Describe units of measure for flow, velocity, and mass. ____   ____
     
1.4 List some of the measurements that are important at your site and name the units in which they are expressed. ____   ____
     
1.5 Identify where the measurements are taken. ____   ____
     
     
Topic 2: Force and Motion    
     
2.1 Explain the three laws of force and motion, and apply them to examples in the plant. ____   ____
     
2.2 Identify systems at your site where force is applied to move objects or material, and state how the force is applied (e.g., cooling water circulating pumps; pumps that use motors to apply force to move liquid). ____   ____
     
2.3 Identify places at your site where unwanted force must be controlled and state how the force is controlled. ____   ____
     
2.4 Identify examples of how the inertia of solids and liquids at rest is overcome at your site. For example: solids and liquids are set in motion by motors which power conveyor systems and pumps. ____   ____
     
2.5 Define “inertia.” ____   ____
     
2.6 Define “acceleration.” ____   ____


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