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Catch the Wave
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Welcome FactFictionor
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The distance light travels in a year is about 6,000,000,000,000 miles. Fact or Fiction
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Light Travels 2 That is a fact
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The distance from the Earth to the Sun is about 1,400,000,000 meters Fact or Fiction
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That is fiction. The distance is actually 140,000,000,000m
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The mass of a dust particle is about 0.00753 kg Fact or Fiction
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Dust 2 That is fiction. The mass is actually 0.000000000753 kg
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The size of an atom is about 0.0000000001 meters Fact or Fiction
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That is a fact
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What do you notice about these numbers 0.0000000001 0.000000000753 140,000,000,000 6,000,000,000,000
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What is another way to express extremely large or small numbers? 1.Standard notation 2.Scientific notation 3.Mathematical notation 4.Expanded notation
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Which of these numbers would be better written in scientific notation? 30 0.3 3,000,000,000 300 3,0000.03
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How can we write 3,000,000,000 in scientific notation? 3,000,000,000 =3 x 10 9
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The distance from the Earth to the Sun is over 100,000,000,000 meters. What is it in scientific notation? a. 1 x 10 8 b. 1 x 10 9 c. 1 x 10 10 d. 1 x 10 11
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The Extremes
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Extreme Sort A
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Journal Fill in the first five rows
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sort a anwers 1,000m 100m 10m 1m Kilometer HectometerDecameter Meter
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What is smaller than a baseball bat
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patterns OBJECT# IN METERS# IN SCI. NOTATION Ukrop’s Race10,0001 x 10 4 60 Train Cars1,0001 x 10 3 Soccer Field1001 x 10 2 Bus101 x 10 1 Baseball Bat11 x 10 0 Crayon 0.11 x 10 -1
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How can we write 0.0004 in scientific notation? 0.0004 =4 x 10 -4
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The size of an atom is about 0.0000000001meters What is it in scientific notation? a. 1 x 10 -7 b. 1 x 10 -8 c. 1 x 10 -9 d. 1 x 10 -10
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Sort
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Sort the remaining cards from largest to smallest your group and record answers in your journal.
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Sort B decimeter centimeter millimeter micrometer nanometer 0.1m 0.01m 0.001m 0.000001m 0.000000001m
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When you ordered the scientific notation cards what part of the number did you have to look at? 1.Whole number 2.Ten 3.exponent
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What about The diameter of Venus is about 1.21999 x 10 7 meters and The diameter of the Earth is about 1.2736 x 10 7 meters
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Which one is bigger? a. 1.21999 x 10 7 (green) b. 1.2736 x 10 7 (red)
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OR Length of a large flea is about 3.2689 x 10 -3 Length of a small fire ant is about 3.2869 x 10 -3
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Which one is smaller? a. 3.2689 x 10 -3 (green) b. 3.2869 x 10 -3 (red)
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When you looked at the numbers on the last four slides what part of the number did you have to look at? a. Exponent b. Ten c. Decimal
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What is a nanometer? A nanometer is one billionth of a meter or 10 9
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Why would we study numbers that are extremely small?
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Light Waves
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What color is light?
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Refraction Light hits the prism and bends (refraction) causing the light to break apart into different wavelengths.
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Wavelengths wavelength crest trough crest
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The Spectroscope and Diffraction
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Electromagnetic Spectrum
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Electromagnetic Sort Place your cards in order from smallest number to largest number.
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Electromagnetic Spectrum Label each section of the spectrum Visible Light
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Labels gamma Rays x-rays light waves radio waves ultraviolet Rays infrared Rays microwaves
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Which numbers were easier to order? A numbers in standard form B numbers in scientific notation
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