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How Big Are Things?
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nano |
micro |
meter |
kilo |
Mega |
Giga |
Tera |
Peta |
Exa |
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Consider a grain of sugar, a marble, a ball, and a big box.
Each one is 10 times taller than the previous one.
They are about | > |
Now lets play a scaling game! Imagine everything on your desk gets bigger, and bigger, and bigger.
Until Woooooosssshhhh, the grain of sugar is as big as a box! As big as a backpack! The sugar has grown one thousand times bigger! |
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