Scientific Notation

 

Part I

1.   Click on Internet Explorer and go to: http://www.nyu.edu/pages/mathmol/textbook/scinot.html

2.     Read the information about scientific notation to yourself.

3.     When finished, wait for further instruction.

4.     You may also use this URL for more practice.   http://janus.astro.umd.edu/astro/scinote.html

 

Part II - Once you’ve learned how to use scientific notation, locate the following information and fill in the blanks by accessing the website:  www.geocities.com/crkvalley/index.html 

 

1.  Find the length of the oriental rat flea. ______________

 

Scientific Notation: _____________________________

 

http://www.insecta-inspecta.com/fleas/bdeath/Flea.html

 

2.     Find the depth of the Titanic wreck. ________________

 

Scientific Notation: ______________________________

 

http://www.deepimage.co.uk/wrecks/titanic/titanic%20pages/titanic-mainpage.htm

 

3.     Find the diameter of a human hair. _____________________

 

Scientific Notation: ______________________________

 

http://hypertextbook.com/facts/1999/BrianLey.shtml

 

4.     Find the diameter of Earth. ___________________________

 

Scientific Notation: ______________________________

 

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/earth/

 

5.     How many muscles are there in an elephant’s trunk? ___________

 

Scientific Notation: ______________________________

 

http://elephant.elehost.com/About_Elephants/Anatomy/The_Trunk/the_trunk.html

 

6.     Find the speed of light. _______________________________________

 

Scientific Notation: ________________________________________________

 

http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/guidry/violence/lightspeed.html

 

7.  What is Avogadro’s number (which is used to measure atoms)? ______________________________

 

Scientific Notation: _________________________________________________________________

 

http://www.xenophilia.com/str_science.htm

 

 

8.     How far does light travel (in miles) in a year? _________________________________________

 

Scientific Notation: ___________________________________________

 

http://www.essex1.com/people/speer/stars.html

 

9.     What is the “true” distance from the Earth to the Sun in miles?  ____________________________

 

Scientific Notation:  ___________________________________________

 

http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/AtHomeAstronomy/act10_datasheet.html

 

10.   What is the diameter of Jupiter in kilometers?  _________________________________________

 

Scientific Notation:  ___________________________________________

 

http://library.thinkquest.org/29033/solarsystem/jupiter.htm?tqskip1=1

 

11.   How far is Pluto from the Sun in miles?  ______________________________________________

 

Scientific Notation:  ___________________________________________

 

http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/cosmic_kids/AskKids/pluto_distance.shtml

 

12.  What is the thickness of a common piece of copy paper in inches?  ________________________

 

Scientific Notation:  ___________________________________________

 

http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2001/JuliaSherlis.shtml

 

13.  How wide in kilometers is the Asteroid Belt (occurs between Mars and Jupiter)?  ________________

 

Scientific Notation:  ___________________________________________

 

http://www.bnsc.gov.uk/learningzone.aspx?nid=4749

 

14.  What is the coldest known temperature in the Solar System (in degrees Celcius)? _____________

 

Scientific Notation:  ___________________________________________

 

http://www.ph.rhbnc.ac.uk/schools/ZeroT/Absolute.html

 

15.  What is the mass of a proton (kg) in scientific notation?  ____________________________________

 

Actual written number: ____________________________________________________________

 

http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761577976/protons.html