THE POWERS OF TEN

WHAT IS A POWER?

104

105

107

109 1015

1018

1065

10 = MOVE THE DECIMAL POINT 5

TIMES

5

10.00000

100.0000

1000.000

10000.00

100000.0

1000000.

10 = 1,000,0005

THE UNIVERSE IS

HUGE…

…SO 1 OF THE WAYS WE USE POWERS IS…

…TO MEASURE THE DISTANCES OF THE

UNIVERSE

THE UNIVERSE WAS

CREATED BY THE BIG BANG…

…WHICH IN TURN…

…WAS CREATED FROM

1 POINT...

...THAT HELD ALL THE MATTER OF THE

UNIVERSE...

...IN A SPACE TOO SMALL TO IMAGINE

SLOWLY THE UNIVERSE STARTED TO...

E X P A N D

...CREATING...

...STARS...

...PLANETS...

...METEORITES

LIFE DEVELOPED ON EARTH…

… AND WE DEVELOPED INTO THE PEOPLE WE

ARE TODAY…

…MEANWHILE THE UNIVERSE KEPT

E X P A N D I N G

AND

GROWING

AND IT STILL DOES

IN 1977 A FILM WAS CREATED...

BY CHARLES AND RAY EAMES ABOUT

THE…

POWERS OF 10 IN THE UNIVERSE

EVEN TODAY IT IS FAMOUS

IT SHOWS THE DISTANCES BETWEEN

1 PLACE AND ANOTHER IN THE

UNIVERSE

HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT OF HOW...

BIG

THE EARTH IS?

OR HOW F A R

...AWAY THE FIRST STAR IS?

PROXIMA CENTAURI

IS THE CLOSEST STAR

TO US...

...AFTER THE SUN

IT IS ALSO 4.2 LIGHT YEARS AWAY…

(ONE LIGHT YEAR IS ABOUT 9 TRILLION KM)

… IT WOULD TAKE A JET...

5 MILLION YEARS TO GET THERE!

THE MILKY WAY IS ABOUT LIGHT YEARS ACROSS

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THAT IS A VERY L O N G DISTANCE…

…AND WOULD TAKE A VERY L O N G

TIME TO CROSS

HOW LONG DO YOU

THINK WE HAVE BEEN LIVING ON EARTH…

… COMPARED TO THE REST OF EARTH’S

LIFE?...

…NOT EVEN THE REST OF THE UNIVERSE

1 HOUR?2 HOURS?

EARTH :

CREATION TO

PRESENT IN 24 HOURS…

24 12

34

5

6

00:015,000,000,000

YEARS AGO THE SOLAR SYSTEM

FORMS

02:24TERRESTRIAL ROCKS

FORM

04:48EARTH’S BASIC

STRUCTURE FORMS

AM

12 1110

9

8

7

6

12:00

THE 5 CONTINENTS APPEAR

09:36FIRST FOSSILS FORM

07:12MOUNTAINS FORM

AM

12

17

16

15

1413

18

15:22MAJORITY OF EARTH’S IRON

FORMS

14:24OXYGEN FORMS IN

ATMOSPHERE

PM

24

19

20

21

2223

18

21:31LAND DWELLING

PLANTS

PM

21:46 LAND DWELLING

ANIMALS

22:07SEMI-AQUATIC VERTEBRATES

22:13REPTILES

22:46 DINOSAURS

23:59:59.3HOMO S. SAPIENS

WE HAVE BEEN LIVING ON EARTH FOR

LESS THAN 1 SECOND

HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED INSTEAD,

HOW SMALL WE ARE…

…COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE

UNIVERSE?

TRY THINKING ABOUT IT THIS WAY…

FROM THE

GREATEST BOUNDRIES OF THE

UNIVERSE…

…TO THE TINY INSIDES OF A NUCLEUS

MAYBE THIS WILL HELP…

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1025

METERS 10 000 000 000 000 000

000 000 000 METERS 

AWAY FROM US

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1024

METERS1 000 000 000 000 000

000 000 000 METERS 

AWAY FROM US

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1023

METERS100 000 000 000 000

000 000 000 METERS 

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1022

METERS10 000 000 000 000

000 000 000 METERS 

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1021

METERS1 000 000 000 000

000 000 000 METERS 

AWAY FROM US

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1020 METERS

100 000 000 000 000 000 000

METERS AWAY FROM US

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1019 METERS

10 000 000 000 000 000 000

METERS AWAY FROM US

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1018 METERS

1 000 000 000 000 000 000

METERS AWAY FROM US

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1017 METERS 100 000 000 000

000 000 METERS 

AWAY FROM US

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1016 METERS

10 000 000 000 000 000 METERS 

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1015 METERS

1 000 000 000 000 000 METERS 

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1014 METERS

100 000 000 000 000 METERS 

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1013 METERS

10 000 000 000 000 METERS 

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1012 METERS

1 000 000 000 000METERS 

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1011 METERS

100 000 000 000METERS 

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1010 METERS

10 000 000 000 METERS 

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109 METERS

1 000 000 000 METERS 

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108 METERS

100 000 000 METERS 

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107 METERS

10 000 000 METERS 

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106 METERS

1 000 000 METERS 

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105 METERS

100,000 METERS 

AWAY FROM US

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104 METERS10,000 METERS 

AWAY FROM US

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103 METERS1,000

METERS AWAY FROM US

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102 METERS

100 METERS 

AWAY FROM US

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101 METERS

10 METERS 

AWAY FROM US

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100 METERS

1 METER 

AWAY FROM US

THIS IS THE DISTANCE OF 1 METER AWAY

FROM US…

…NOW WE GO SMALLER…

…TO OUR INNER SELVES

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10-1 METERS

0.1 METERS 

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10-2 METERS

0.01 METERS 

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10-3 METERS

0.001 METERS 

AWAY FROM US

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10-4 METERS

0.0001 METERS 

AWAY FROM US

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10-5 METERS0.00001 METERS 

AWAY FROM US

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10-6 METERS

0.000001 METERS 

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10-7 METERS

0.0000001 METERS 

AWAY FROM US

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10-8 METERS

0.00000001 METERS 

AWAY FROM US

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10-9 METERS

0.000000001 METERS 

AWAY FROM US

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10-10 METERS

0.0000000001 METERS 

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10-11 METERS

0.00000000001 METERS 

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10-12 METERS

0.000000000001 METERS 

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10-13 METERS

0.0000000000001 METERS 

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10-14 METERS

0.00000000000001 METERS 

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10-15 METERS

0.000000000000001 METERS 

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10-16 METERS

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10-17 METERS

0.00000000000000001 METERS 

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10-18 METERS

0.000000000000000001 METERS 

AWAY FROM US

THIS IS THE INSIDE OF A NUCLEUS

ITS TINY!

NOW YOU KNOW

MANY THINGS…

…YOU KNOW…

…HOW SHORT OUR LIFE SPAN HAS BEEN COMPARED TO

EARTH…

…HOW SMALL …

…BUT AT THE SAME TIME BIG WE ARE…

…AND WHAT A POWER IS

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ALL PICTURES IN THIS POWERE POINT ARE FROM

http://www.powersof10.com/

ALL INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED FROM THE BOOKS:

--A WALK THROUGH TIME--THE POWERS OF TEN