In your opinion, which of the following activities involves the utmost human expression of passion,

1

• In your opinion, which of the following
  activities involves the utmost human expression
  of passion, talent, and intelligence (you can
  pick more than one if you want to)

2

• Albert and Isaac go to PE class. Albert stands on
  the locker-room scale and it reads 150 pounds.
  When Isaac stands on the same scale it reads 151
  pounds. The scale is accurate to within 2 pounds
  of their actual weight. Who weighs more?
• Definitely Albert  
• Definitely Isaac  
• Probably Albert
• Probably Isaac
• There is not enough information to tell

3

• Suppose your have a jar of 1000 jelly beans and
  that there are only three different colors of
  jelly beans inside red, blue, and yellow.
  Suppose you reach into the jar and randomly pull
  out one jelly bean at a time without looking,
  placing the bean on the desk in front of you.
• How many beans do you need to pull out until
  you are guaranteed to have at least two of the
  same color on the desk in front of you?
• 2  
• 3  
• 4
• 1000
• There is not enough information to tell

4

• Suppose your have a jar of 1000 jelly beans and
  that there are only three different colors of
  jelly beans inside red, blue, and yellow.
  Suppose you reach into the jar and randomly pull
  out one jelly bean at a time without looking,
  placing the bean on the desk in front of you.
• How many beans do you need to pull out until
  you are guaranteed to have at least one red one
  in front of you?
• 2  
• 3  
• 4
• 1000
• There is not enough information to tell

5
Question

• About how many times has your heart beat?
• About 1,000,000 times (a million)
• About 10,000,000 times (10 million)
• About 100,000,000 times (100 million)
• About 1,000,000,000 times (a billion)
• About 10,000,000,000 times (10 billion)

6
Question

• About how long would it take you to count to a
  billion?
• About a week
• About month
• About a year
• About 20 years
• About 1000 years

7
Question

• How many seconds are there in a day?
• 60x60x60 216,000
• 24x60x60 86,400
• 60x24x360 518,400
• 24x12x60 17,280
• 12x60x60 43,200

8
Question

• What is the approximate radius of the earth?
• 6 km
• 60 km
• 600 km
• 6,000 km
• 60,000 km

9
Question

• What is the approximate distance from the earth
  to the moon?
• About 3 times the earths diameter
• About 30 times the earths diameter
• About 300 times the earths diameter
• About 3000 times the earths diameter
• About 30000 times the earths diameter

10
Moon
Earth
Photo taken in 2001 by Mars Odyssey spacecraft
from a distance of 3,563,735 km (over 2 million
miles)
11
Question

• What causes the seasons?
• The sun is hotter during the summer and cooler
  during the winter.
• The earth is closer to the sun in the summer and
  farther away in the winter.
• The surface of the earth is mostly water.
• The earth is tilted.
• The moon blocks the suns heat more in the winter.

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Length

• Distance Length (m)
• Radius of visible universe 1 x 1026
• To Andromeda Galaxy 2 x 1022
• To nearest star 4 x 1016
• Earth to Sun 1.5 x 1011
• Radius of Earth 6.4 x 106
• Sears Tower 4.5 x 102
• Football field 1.0 x 102
• Tall person 2 x 100
• Thickness of paper 1 x 10-4
• Wavelength of blue light 4 x 10-7
• Diameter of hydrogen atom 1 x 10-10
• Diameter of proton 1 x 10-15

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Time

• Interval Time (s)
• Age of universe 5 x 1017
• Age of Grand Canyon 3 x 1014
• 32 years 1 x 109
• One year 3.2 x 107
• One day 8.6 x 104
• One hour 3.6 x 103
• Light travel from Earth to Moon 1.3 x 100
• One cycle of guitar A string 2 x 10-3
• One cycle of FM radio wave 6 x 10-8
• Lifetime of neutral pi meson 1 x 10-16
• Lifetime of top quark 4 x 10-25

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Mass

• Object Mass (kg)
• Milky Way Galaxy 4 x 1041
• Sun 2 x 1030
• Earth 6 x 1024
• Boeing 747 4 x 105
• Car 1 x 103
• Student 7 x 101
• Dust particle 1 x 10-9
• Top quark 3 x 10-25
• Proton 2 x 10-27
• Electron 9 x 10-31
• Neutrino 1 x 10-38