Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Express the number in scientific notation. 0.000015
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Evaluate the expression. Express the result in scientific
notation.
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A horse fossil, found in John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, is
approximately  old. Express  in standard form. a. | 3500 | c. | 0.00035 | b. | 0.0035 | d. | 35,000 |
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The smallest blood vessels in the human body are called capillaries. Capillaries
are approximately  millimeters in diameter. Express the diameter of one
capillary in standard form. a. | 0.008 | c. | 800 | b. | 8000 | d. | 0.0008 |
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The area of Lake Huron in North America is  square miles, the area of
Lake Nicaragua in Central America is  square miles, and the area of Lake Victoria in Africa is
 square miles. Rank the lakes in order from largest to smallest. Source: “World Explorations and Geography,” The World Almanac
and Book of Facts, Ed. Famighetti, Robert. Funk and Wagnalls: Mahwah, New Jersey,
1995.a. | Lake Victoria, Lake Nicaragua, Lake Huron | b. | Lake Victoria, Lake
Huron, Lake Nicaragua | c. | Lake Huron, Lake Nicaragua, Lake
Victoria | d. | Lake Nicaragua, Lake Huron, Lake Victoria |
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There are approximately  stars in the Milky Way galaxy. About how
many stars would be in 100 galaxies the size of the Milky Way? a. |  stars | c. |  stars
stars | b. |  stars | d. |  stars |
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Oceanographers look at water samples through microscopes. A microscope set on
 makes an object appear to be 1000 times larger than its actual size. If the actual size
of a diatom, a single-celled organism that lives in oceans, is  millimeters, how large
will it appear under a microscope set on  ? a. | 6 mm | c. |  mm | b. | 60 mm | d. |  mm |
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What is 4173 expressed in scientific notation?
a. | 4.173 x 103 | c. | 417.3 x 10 | b. | 41.73 x 102 | d. | 4.172 x
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What is the value of (4 x 10-2)(2 x 108)?
a. | 8 x 10-16 | c. | 6 x 106 | b. | 8 x 106 | d. | 6 x
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Short Answer
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Express the number in scientific notation. .026
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Evaluate the expression. Express the result in scientific
notation.
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A fossil from the Burgess Shale in Canada is thought to be approximately 
years old. Express  in standard form.
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The actual size of a bacterium viewed through a microscope is  millimeters.
Express 7.5 ´ 10 -4 in
standard form.
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The area of Afghanistan is 2.52 ´ 105
square miles, the area of Greece is 5.09 ´ 104 square
miles, and the area of Spain is 1.95 ´ 105 square miles.
Rank the countries from largest to smallest.
Source:
“Nations of the World,” The World Almanac and Book of Facts, Ed. Famighetti,
Robert. Funk and Wagnalls: Mahwah, New Jersey, 1995.
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Lab technicians view laboratory samples through microscopes. An electron
microscope with a magnification power of 10,000´ makes objects appear
10,000 times larger than their actual size. A red blood cell is 7.5´
10-3 millimeters in diameter. How large would a red blood cell
appear to be under an electron microscope with 10,000´
magnification?
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If the altitude of a satellite is 5.4 ´
102 kilometers, what is its altitude in meters? (1 km = 1000 m) Express your answer in
scientific notation.
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