Powers of Ten

Earth Scale: 108 meters = 100 Mm = 100 megameters MSP Carbon Teaching Experiment

North and Central America Scale: 107 meters = 10 Mm = 10 megameters MSP Carbon Teaching Experiment

California Scale: 106 meters = 1 Mm = 1 megameter MSP Carbon Teaching Experiment

The San Francisco Bay Area Scale: 105 meters = 100 km = 100 kilometers MSP Carbon Teaching Experiment

San Francisco Scale: 104 meters = 10 km = 10 kilometers MSP Carbon Teaching Experiment

Golden Gate Park Scale: 103 meters = 1 km = 1 kilometer MSP Carbon Teaching Experiment

Japanese Tea Garden Scale: 102 meters = 100 meters MSP Carbon Teaching Experiment

A Pond with Lily Pads Scale: 101 meter = 10 meters MSP Carbon Teaching Experiment

The One-Meter Square Scale: 100 meters = 1 meter: Light takes about 3 nanoseconds to cross this picture MSP Carbon Teaching Experiment

A Lily and a Bee Scale: 10-1 meters = 0.1 meter = 10 centimeters MSP Carbon Teaching Experiment

A Bee's Head Scale: 10-2 meters = 1 cm = 1 centimeter MSP Carbon Teaching Experiment

A Bee's Eye Scale: 10-3 meters = 1 mm = 1 millimeter MSP Carbon Teaching Experiment

Pollen Scale: 10-4 meters = 100 µm = 100 micrometers MSP Carbon Teaching Experiment

Bacterium Scale: 10-5 meters = 10 µm = 10 micrometers MSP Carbon Teaching Experiment

Virus on a Bacterium Scale: 10-6 meters = 1 µm = 1 micrometer MSP Carbon Teaching Experiment

A Virus Scale: 10-7 meters = 0.1 µm = 0.1 micrometer = 100 nm = 100 nanometers MSP Carbon Teaching Experiment

DNA within a Virus Scale: 10-8 meters = 10 nm = 10 nanometers MSP Carbon Teaching Experiment

The Structure of DNA Scale: 10-9 meters = 1 nm = 1 nanometer MSP Carbon Teaching Experiment

The Structure of water molecule Scale: 10-9 meters = 1 nm = 1 nanometer MSP Carbon Teaching Experiment

The Structure of Oxygen MSP Carbon Teaching Experiment

The Structure of carbon dioxide MSP Carbon Teaching Experiment