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1. An atom is approximately 1 angstrom () in diameter, express this in inches

(in) and in micrometers (um). 2. How many miles is a 10 kilometer running race? 3. How many kilometers is a marathon (26.2 miles)? 4. The temperature of Liquid Helium is 4 K, express this in degrees Celsius and degrees Fahrenheit. 5. The temperature of Liquid Nitrogen is 100 K, express this in degrees Celsius and degrees Fahrenheit 6. The temperature of dry ice is -56.5 Centigrade, express this in kelvins and degrees Fahrenheit 7. Human body temperature is 98.6 Fahrenheit, express this in degrees Celsius and kelvins 8. A nice size diamond is 3/4 carats. Express this in grams. 9. What is 1 metric ton in grams, kg, and pounds? 10. A gold Krugerrand is 1 troy oz, express this in grams 11. The Exxon Valdez spilled about 1 billion gallons of oil, how many liters is this? 12. Exxon always gave the size of the spill in barrels, how many barrels is this? 13. When I make my secret chili recipe, I use about 3 tablespoons of Habanera pepper sauce. How many milliliters is this? 14. A typical garbage dumpster is 8 cubic yards. Express this in liters. 15. The unit often used for atomic spectroscopy is a megabarn (Mb), the cross section of an atom is about 1 Mb. How many cm2 is this? 16. A typical farm is about 700 acres. How many square meters is this? 17. How many square feet in 1 acre? 18. The Yellowstone fire burned about 1 million acres. How many square miles is this? 19. Delaware is roughly 50 miles long and 20 miles wide, compare this size to the Yellowstone fire. 20. A typical car engine has about 150 horsepower. How many watts is this? 21. A typical home air conditioner is rated at 2 Tons of refrigeration. How many watts is this? 22. A large Hydrogen Bomb is rated at 1 megaton of TNT. How many joules is this? 23. The shields on the starship Enterprise are rated at approximately 1 Terawatt. A watt is a Joule per second. If the blast from a hydrogen bomb lasted 1 second, would it destroy the Enterprise?

24. The volume of a milk carton is 1/2 gallon. How many liters and milliliters is this? 25. The volume of the milk used for school lunch is 1/2 pint. How many liters and milliliters is this? 26. The distance to the moon is 238,855 miles. How many meters is this? 27. The distance from your nose to your fingertips with your arm stretched out is about 1 yard. How many meters is this? How many cm? How many mm? 1. Conversions: Express the following in the units asked for: a. Speed of light, 3x108 m s-1, in miles per hour and meters/sec. b. Speed of sound, 740 mph, in kilometers per hour and meters/sec. c. Length of a C-C bond in diamond, 1.54452 , in cm, m, and inches (watch significant figures on this one) d. Temperature i. LN2, -195 C, in F and K ii. Body Temp, 98 F, in C and K iii. Paper Flashpoint, 450 F, in C and K iv. Derive Conversion for F to C based on freezing and boiling point of water. 2. What is the volume of object that is 83.6 cm long, 10.62 cm wide, and 1.2 inches thick? What is the volume after 5.74 cm is cut off from the long edge? 3. Solve the following problems and express the results with the correct number of significant figures. a. 3.894 x 2.16 = b. 2.96 + 8.1 + 5.0214 = c. 2.17 + 4.32 + 401.278 + 21.826 = d. 485 9.231= e. 2.46 x 2 = f. 9.146 - 9.137 = g. (5.12 x 104) * (6.8726 x 10-9) = 4. The mass of the sun is 1.989x1030 kg and the radius is 696000 km. More on the sun. What is the average density of the sun in the following units: a. kg/km3 = b. kg/m3 = c. kg/cm3 = d. g/cm3 = 5. In the opening scenes of the movie Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones tries to remove a gold idol from a booby-trapped pedestal. He replaces the idol with a bag of sand of approximately equal volume. (Density of gold = 19.32 g/cm3; density of sand 3 g/cm3.) {from Zumdahl, Chemistry, Saunders (1994).

a. Did he have a reasonable chance of not activating the mass-sensitive booby trap? b. In a later scene he and an unscrupulous guide play catch with the idol. Assume that the volume of the idol is about 1.0 L. If it were solid gold, what mass would the idol have? Is playing catch with it plausible? 6. The world record for the hundred meter dash is (ref: USA Track and Field): o Men 9.79 Maurice Greene (USA) o Women 10.49 Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA) c. What is the average speed in m/s d. What is the average speed in km/h e. What is the average speed in ft/s f. What is the average speed in mi/h? g. At this speed, how long would it take to run 1.00 x 102 yards? 7. The mercury concentration in a polluted lake is 0.0125 g Hg/L, what is the total mass in kilograms of mercury in the lake if the lake is approximately circular with a diameter of 10 miles and an average depth of 50 ft?

Answers 1. An atom is approximately 1 angstrom () in diameter, express this in inches (in) and in micrometers (um). 3.937 x 10-9 in 1.0 x 10-4 um 2. How many miles is a 10 kilometer running race? 6.21 mile 3. How many kilometers is a marathon (26.2 miles)? 42.2 km 4. The temperature of Liquid Helium is 4 K, express this in degrees Celsius and degrees Fahrenheit. -269.15 C -452.47 F

5. The temperature of Liquid Nitrogen is 100 K, express this in degrees Celsius and degrees Fahrenheit -173.15 C -279.67 F 6. The temperature of dry ice is -56.5 Centigrade, express this in kelvins and degrees Fahrenheit 216.65 K -69.7 F 7. Human body temperature is 98.6 Fahrenheit, express this in degrees Celsius and kelvins 37 C 310.15 K 8. A nice size diamond is 3/4 carats. Express this in grams. 0.15 g 9. What is 1 metric ton in grams, kg, and pounds? 1.0 x 106 g 1000 kg 2204 lb 10. A gold Krugerrand is 1 troy oz, express this in grams 31.1 g 11. The Exxon Valdez spilled about 1 billion gallons of oil, how many liters is this? 3.8 x 109 l 12. Exxon always gave the size of the spill in barrels, how many barrels is this? 2.4 x 107 barrels 13. When I make my secret chili recipe, I use about 3 tablespoons of Habanera pepper sauce. How many milliliters is this?

44.37 mL 14. A typical garbage dumpster is 8 cubic yards. Express this in liters. 6100 l 15. The unit often used for atomic spectroscopy is a megabarn (Mb), the cross section of an atom is about 1 Mb. How many pm2 is this? 1 x 102 pm2 16. A typical farm is about 700 acres. How many square meters is this? 2.8 x 106 m2 17. How many square feet in 1 acre? 43560 ft2 18. The Yellowstone fire burned about 1 million acres. How many square miles is this? 1600 mi2 19. Delaware is roughly 50 miles long and 20 miles wide, compare this size to the Yellowstone fire. 1000 mi2 20. A typical car engine has about 150 horsepower. How many watts is this? 1.12 x 105 W 21. A typical home air conditioner is rated at 2 Tons of refrigeration. How many watts is this? 7034 W 22. A large Hydrogen Bomb is rated at 1 megaton of TNT. How many Joules is this? 4.2 x 1015 J

23. The shields on the starship Enterprise are rated at approximately 1 Terrawatt. A watt is a Joule per second. If the blast from a hydrogen bomb lasted 1 second, would it destroy the Enterprise? 1 TW = 1012 W YES 24. The volume of a milk carton is 1/2 gallon. How many liters and milliliters is this? 1.89 L 1892 mL 25. The volume of the milk used for school lunch is 1/2 pint. How many liters and milliliters is this? 0.236 L 236 mL 26. The distance to the moon is 238,855 miles. How many meters is this? 3.84401 x 108 m 27. The distance from your nose to your fingertips with your arm stretched out is about 1 yard. How many meters is this? How many cm? How many mm? 0.9144 m 91.44 cm 914.4 mm