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Order of magnitude, fundamental units, and metric prefixes 4

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name

Class

Date

What is the fundamental unit for temperature?

Fahrenheit

Celsius

Kelvin

Joule

What is the fundamental unit for the amount of a substance?

gram

kilogram

liter

mole

The Ampere is the fundamental unit for what quantity?

electric current

electric voltage

electric resistance

electric power

The candela is the fundamental unit for what quantity?

light intensity

radiant power

solar intensity

solar luminosity

Which of the following is NOT a fundamental unit?

second

kilogram

kilometer

mole

What is the order of magnitude for the temperature of the Sun -- which is approximately 5778 Kelvin?

10⁴

5.778 x 10⁴

10⁵

5.778⁴

What is the order of magnitude for the diameter of a eukaryotic cell -- which is approximately 0.00001 meters?

10^-3 meters

10^-4 meters

10^-5 meters

10^-6 meters

The distance from the Earth to Mars is approximately 170.8 Gm. How would you write this distance without a metric prefix?

1.708 x 10⁹ meters

170.8 x 10⁹ meters

1.708 x 10¹² meters

170.8 x 10¹² meters

The wavelength of green light is approximately 0.000000532 meters. How would you write this using a metric prefix? (Hint: work backwards from the answers, if you need to)

$532\ nm$

$532\ \mu m$

$5.32\ \mu m$

$5.32\ nm$

10.

The mass of the Moon is approximately $73.5\ \times\ 10^{24}\ grams$ .

Write this number with a metric prefix.

$7.35\ Yg$

$7.35\ Zg$

$73.5\ Zg$

$73.5\ Yg$

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Order of magnitude, fundamental units, and metric prefixes 4

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

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