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Chapter1: Units, Trigonometry. And Vectors
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Problem 1CQ: Estimate the order of magnitude of the length, in meters, of each of the following; (a) a mouse, (b)...
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Transcribed Image Text:Table 1.3 Approximate Values of Length, Mass, and Time
Lengths in meters
10-18 Present experimental limit to
smallest observable detail
10-15
10-14
10
10
-10
-8
10-6
1
10-3
10²
104
107
10¹1
1016
1021
1022
10²6
Diameter of a proton
Diameter of a uranium nucleus
Diameter of a hydrogen atom
Thickness of membranes in cells
living organisms
Wavelength of visible light
Size of a grain of sand
Height of a 4-year-old child
Length of a football field
Greatest ocean depth
Diameter of the Earth
Distance from the Earth to the Sun
Distance traveled by light in 1 year
(a light year)
Diameter of the Milky Way galaxy
Distance from the Earth to the
nearest large galaxy (Andromeda)
Distance from the Earth to the
edges of the known universe
Masses in kilograms (more
precise values in parentheses)
10-30
Mass of a hydrogen atom
(1.67×10 -27
kg)
10-15 Mass of a bacterium
10-5
10-27
10-2
1
10²
103
108
10¹2
1015
1023
1025
1030
1042
Mass of an electron
(9.11×10-31 kg)
1053
Mass of a mosquito
Mass of a hummingbird
Mass of a liter of water (about
a quart)
Mass of a person
Mass of a car
Mass of a large ship
Mass of the Earth
(5.97×1024 kg)
Mass of the Sun
30
(1.99×10³0 kg)
Mass of the Milky Way galaxy
(current upper limit)
Times in seconds (more precise
values in parentheses)
Mass of the known universe
(current upper limit)
10-23 Time for light to cross a
proton
105
107
Mass of a large iceberg
10⁹
Mass of the nucleus of a comet 1011
Mass of the Moon
(7.35×1022 kg)
10¹7
10-22 Mean life of an extremely
unstable nucleus
10-15 Time for one oscillation of
visible light
10-13 Time for one vibration of an
atom in a solid
10-8
10-3
1
Time for one oscillati of an
FM radio wave
Duration of a nerve impulse
Time for one heartbeat
One day (8.64×104 s)
One year (y) (3.16x107 s)
About half the life
expectancy of a human
Recorded history
Age of the Earth
1018 Age of the universe
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