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How Big Are Things?
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big     solar system between galaxy
nano
micro
meter
kilo
Mega
Giga
Tera
Peta
Exa
Welcome... Why be here? The game What it looks like

You know how big a quarter is.

You would never think it's as small as an eraser,
or as big as a soda can.

You have a feel for how big these things are.
You've seen them, and held them, and they are familiar.


But how big is a whale? Or a virus?
Or pollen and planets? Or hairs and highways? Or... anything else?

That's what this website is all about.
To give you a feel for how big things are.

NEXT >> The zooming game...

you
whale
in the meter room

a virus    in the nanometer room

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