Magnitudes and Scale
How do we represent really big and really small numbers?
Task 1
View the prezi below
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Task 2
State the approximate value of the following quantities in SI units to the nearest order of magnitude. The first two have been answered for you as examples.
1) Length of a day
SI unit for time = second. 1 hour = 60 mins, 1 min = 60 seconds so 24 hours = 86400 seconds = 8.64 x 104 seconds.
2) Mass of a car
If we say a car is approximately 2 tons, 2 tons is 2000kg (kg is the SI unit for mass)
= 2 x 103 kg
REMEMBER - your answer must be in SI units and standard form!
3) If an average person has a mass of 60kg, and the world population is currently around 7 billion people, estimate the mass of the human race.
4) The size of a microbe (the clue is in the name!).
5) The energy in a snack of your choice.
6) The width of your hand.
7) The height of a door.
8) The width of your thumb nail.
9) The number of seconds you have been calculating these answers!
10) Your age (yes it is constantly changing but this is an estimate...)
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