(1) Determine your own height in meters, and your mass
in kg.
(II) To the correct number of significant figures, use the
information inside the front cover of this book to deter-
mine the ratio of (a) the surface area of Earth compared
to the surface area of the Moon, (b) the volume of Earth
compared to the volume of the Moon.
18. (II) Would a driver traveling at 15 m/s in a 35 mi/h zone be
exceeding the speed limit? Why or why not?
19. (II) The age of the universe is thought to be about
14 billion years. Assuming two significant figures, write this
in powers of 10 in (a) years, (b) seconds.
20. (II) The Sun, on average, is 93 million miles from Earth.
How many meters is this? Express (a) using powers of
10, and (b) using a metric prefix (km).