|
| Prefix |
Symbol |
Multiplying Factor |
| exa- |
E |
1018
1,000,000,000,000,000,000 |
| tera- |
P |
1015
1,000,000,000,000,000 |
| tera- |
T |
1012
1,000,000,000,000 |
| giga- |
G |
109
1,000,000,000 |
| mega- |
M |
106
1,000,000 |
| kilo- |
K |
103
1,000 |
| hecto- |
h |
102
100 |
| deca- |
da |
10
10 |
|
| deci- |
d |
10-1
0.1 |
| centi- |
c |
10-2
0.01 |
| milli- |
E |
10-3
0.001 |
| micro |
µ |
10-6
0.000,001 |
| nano- |
n |
10-9
0.000,000,001 |
| pico- |
p |
10-12
0.000,000,000,001 |
| femto- |
f |
10-15
0.000,000,000,000,001 |
| atto- |
a |
10-18
0.000,000,000,000,000,001 |
|
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|
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Dr. Heather
Woolverton
Autumn, 2003
BBC reports that the future looks darker and darker: Astronomers have confirmed by a new method one of the saddest stories of the Universe — one day the stars in the sky will all stop twinkling.
A satellite designed to monitor the depletion of the ozone layer — with an emphasis on changes occurring over Canada and the Arctic — was launched on August 12.
The New York Times enthusiastically endorses the Hubble Space Telescope, but at what cost? Read the editorial about the future of U.S. space exploration.
NASA scientists have discovered a new extreme-loving microorganism in California's exotic Mono Lake. Astrobiologist Richard Hoover likens it to life on Mars.
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Physics Lab 
