![]() From the incredibly short lifetime of a nucleus to the age of Earth, from the tiny sizes of sub-nuclear particles to the vast distance to the edges of the known universe, from the force exerted by a jumping flea to the force between Earth and the Sun, there are enough factors of 10 to challenge the imagination of even the most experienced scientist. ![]() ![]() The range of objects and phenomena studied in physics is immense. Explain the most common prefixes in the SI units and be able to write them in scientific notation.Perform unit conversions both in the SI and English units.(credit: NASA) Learning Objectivesīy the end of this section, you will be able to: Figure 1.16 The distance from Earth to the Moon may seem immense, but it is just a tiny fraction of the distances from Earth to other celestial bodies.
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