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Can you name the units of time,length,energy,angle and mass
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10^-30 grams
quectogram
10^-27 grams
rontogram
equivalent to unified atomic mass unit: 1/12 the mass of a carbon-12 atom
dalton
10^-24 grams
yoctogram
10^-21 grams
zeptogram
10^-18 grams
attogram
10^-15 grams
femtogram
10^-12 grams
picogram
10^-9 grams
nanogram
10^-6 grams
microgram
21.76 micrograms
Planck mass
10^-3 grams
milligram
10^-2 grams
centigram
7,000 of this unit equal one avoirdupois pound, used to measure the weight of bullets
grain
10^-1 grams
decigram
200 milligrams
carat
720 milligrams
obol
mass of a small pen cap or paper clip is about this much mass
gram
1.555 grams
pennyweight
20 grains
scruple
1/256 of a pound
dram
not the UAE currency in this case: historic Islamic unit of mass: 2.975 to 3 grams
dirham
3 3/4 gram
mace
4.265 grams
zolotnik
10 grams
decagram
11 grams
shekel
180 grains
tola
14 to 18 grams
lot
1/16 of an avoirdupois pound
ounce (avoirdupois)
1.097 standard ounces
ounce (Troy)
31.1 Troy ounces
ounce (french traditional)
Chinese ounce: 50 grams
tael
100 grams
hectogram
102 grams
newton
328.9 grams: origin of lb symbol for pound
libra
12 Troy ounces
pound (Troy)
Russian pound: 0.9 pounds
funt
570 grams: 50 shekels
mina
16 ounces
pound (avoirdupois)
comes from Libra unit
pound (metric)
500 grams: 604.8 grams in Hong Kong: 600 grams in other regions
catty
1,000 grams: si base unit of mass
kilogram
2.8 pounds
oka
14 pounds
stone
28 pounds
quarter
36.11 pounds
pood
25 pounds
arroba
32.174 pounds
slug
29 kg
talent
100 pounds
cental
100 pounds in us: 112 pounds in uk
hundredweight
100 to 120 catties
picul,shi,Dan,tam
100 kilograms
quintal
2,000 pounds
short ton
1,000,000 grams
megagram (metric ton)
2,240 pounds
long ton
1 billion grams
gigagram
1 trillion grams
teragram
1 quadrillion grams
petagram
1 quintillion grams
exagram
1 sextillion grams
zettagram
1 septillion grams
yottagram
1 octillion grams
ronnagram
mass of the earth:5.9722 ronnagrams: used for mass of terrestrial planets,super earth exoplanets and objects with less mass then earth
earth mass
1 nonillion grams
quettagram
mass of jupiter: 1.89813 quettagrams: used for mass of gas giants and brown dwarfs
Jupiter mass
mass of the sun: 1.989x10^30 kilograms
solar mass
1.5x10^56 or 1.5x10^57 with dark matter
estimated mass of the observable universe
10^-21 joules
zeptojoule
energy gained by an electron when it moves an electrical potential difference of one volt
electronvolt
1,000 electronvolts
kiloelectronvolt
1 million electronvolts
megaelectronvolt
1 billion electronvolts
gigaelectronvolt
1 trillion electronvolts
teraelectronvolt
10^-18 joules
attojoule
10^-15 joules
femtojoule
10^-12 joules
picojoule
10^-9 joules
nanojoule
10^-6 joules
microjoule
10^-3 joules
millijoule
10^-2 joules
centijoule
10^-1 joules
decijoule
si derived unit of energy
joule
10 joules
decajoule
100 joules
hectojoule
equivalent to one joule
watt-second
equivalent to one joule
newton meter
also a unit of torque
dyne centimeter
used in astrophysics
erg
in imperial system: 1.3558 joules
foot pound
also in imperial system
inch pound
in imperial system
ounce force
in automotive systems
pound force foot
unit of torque
pound force inch
in fps system
poundal foot
amount of energy needed raise the temperature of one gram of water by 1 degree celsius
calorie
what nutrition labels usually mean by calories: 1,000 calories
kilocalorie
used in chemistry and thermodynamics
thermochemical calorie
4.9002 joules
mean-calorie
4.1868 joules
international speed table calorie
often just called calorie
gram-calorie
amount of energy needed raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by 1 degree celsius
kilogram-calorie
over 4 million joules
thermie
155 joules
british thermal unit
1055.05585262 joules
British thermal unit (international table)
charging a phone for 10 seconds takes one of this unit
british thermal unit (as defined by the international organization of standardization)
used to standardize temperatures
British thermal unit (sharp)
used in chemical thermodynamics
British thermal unit (thermochemical)
used in natural gas utilities, 100,000 BTU's
therm (us)
used in european community
therm (ec)
3,600 watt seconds
watt-hour
1,000 watt hours
kilowatt hour
1,000,000 watt hours
megawatt hour
1 billion watt hours
gigawatt hour
3.3 quadrillion joules: 1 trillion watt hours
terawatt hour
1 quadrillion watt hours
petawatt hour
1 quintillion watt hours
exawatt hour
1 sextillion watt hours
zettawatt hour
1 septillion watt hours
yottawatt hour
1 octillion watt hours
ronnawatt hour
1 nonillion watt hours
quettawatt hour
1,000 joules
kilojoule
1,000,000 joules
megajoule
1,000,000,000 joules
gigajoule
1 trillion joules
terajoule
1 quadrillion joules
petajoule
1 quintillion joules
exajoule
1 sextillion joules
zettajoule
1 septillion joules
yottajoule
6.1 gigajoules
barrel of oil equivalent
41.9 gigajoules
ton of oil equivalent
29.3 megajoules
kilogram of coal equivalent
29.3 gigajoules
ton of coal equivalent
9.8 kilowatt hours
cubic meter of natural gas
1 million BTU's
MBTU
1 quadrillion BTU's
Quad
1,000 quads
gigaton of TNT
st Helens eruption was one of this unit
megaton of TNT
101 joules
litre-atmosphere
2 billion joules
Planck energy
used in quantum mechanics
hartree
named after johannes rydberg
rydberg
2 rydbergs
atomic unit of energy
used to express wave number
inverse centimeter
1-5 gigajoules
energy of the lightning bolt
can reach up to 100 quadrillion joules
energy of a nuclear bomb
380 yottawatts
energy output of the sun per second
releases between 10^44 and 10^47 joules
energy of a gamma ray burst
100 quads
energy of a black hole merger
one tredicillion joules
energy of a supernova
radiation leftover from the big bang
energy of the cosmic microwave background
1.22 zettajoules
energy of the entire milky way
10 duodecillion joules
estimated total energy of the observable universe
10^-30 joules
quectojoule
10^-27 joules
rontojoule
10^-24 joules
yoctojoule
10^27 joules
ronnajoule
10^30 joules
quettajoule
energy per amount of substance
joule per mole
1,000 joules per mole
kilojoule per mole
used in food sciences
calorie per gram
in astrophysics
electronvolt per particle
solar radiation energy
langley
CTS system unit of energy
statcalorie
hp/h
horsepower hour
hp/s
horsepower second
9 joules
kilogram force meter
small mechanical energy unit
gram force centimeter
rare hybrid unit
pound force foot second
UK electricity unit
board of trade unit
slightly different from therm in us
therm (UK)
energy needed to raise one pound of water to 1 degree
centigrade heat unit
1.79x10^47 joules
solar mass energy equivalent
2.24x10^32 joules
gravitational binding energy of the earth
1 duovingillion joules
energy of cosmic inflation
1 sextillion electronvolts
zettaelectronvolt
how long it takes light to travel one Planck length
Planck Time
10^-30 seconds: when light crosses a proton it takes 1 trillion of this unit
quectosecond
10^-27 seconds: 300 of this unit of the life time of w and z bosons
rontosecond
10^-24 seconds
yoctosecond
amount of time light takes to travel one fermi
jiffy (physics)
10^-21 seconds
zeptosecond
10^-18 seconds
attosecond
derived from atomic theory of hydrogen
atomic time
10^-15 seconds
femtosecond
100 femtoseconds: used to distinguish ribosomes
svedberg
10^-12 seconds
picosecond
10^-9 seconds
nanosecond
10 nanoseconds
shake
10^-6 seconds
microsecond
10^-3 seconds
millisecond
10^-2 seconds
centisecond
period of an alternating current power cycle
jiffy (electronics)
10^-1 seconds
decisecond
si base unit of time
second
10 seconds
decasecond
6 decaseconds: 60 seconds
minute
1/1000th of a day
milliday
100 seconds
hectosecond
90 seconds: used before the invention of the mechanical clock
moment
1/100th of a day
centiday
1000 seconds
kilosecond
3600 minute
hour
1/10th of a day
deciday
24 hours
day
10 days
decaday
1 million seconds: 11.6 days
megasecond
2 weeks
fortnight
27 hours, 4 hours, 48 minutes: time it takes for the moon to cycle through its phases
lunar month
1/12 of a year: 28-31 days
month
40 days
quarantine
100 days
hectoday
Hint
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6 months/18 weeks: division of academic year
semester
based off lunar calendar
lunar year
12 months: 365/366 days: time it takes for earth to orbit the sun
year
exactly 365 days
common year
time may vary
tropical year
time may vary
gregorian year
time it takes earth to orbit the sun in relation to other stars: 365 days, 6 hours, 9 minutes, 9.7635456 seconds
sidereal year
366 days: happens every 4 years
leap year
4 years
olympiad
used for interval in Roman times, 5 years
lustrum
10 years
decade
15 years
indiction
31.7 years
gigasecond
50 years
jubilee
100 years
century
1,000 years
millennium
time may vary, smallest unit of geological time
age
1 trillion seconds: 31,709 years
terasecond
1 million years
megaannum/megayear
31.7 million years: 1 quintillion years
petasecond
225-250 million years
galactic year
time may vary: exponentially increasing time
cosmological decade
time may vary: largest unit of geological time
eon
4.32 billion years
kalpa
31.7 billion years
exasecond
31.7 trillion years: brahma's lifespan in hindu mythology was 9.85 of this unit
zettasecond
10^24 seconds
yottasecond
10^27 seconds
ronnasecond
31.7 sextillion years
quettasecond
100 quintillionth the length of a proton
Planck length
10^-24 meters
yoctometer
10^-21 meters
zeptometer
10^-18 meters
attometer
10^-15 meters
femtometer
1.0021x10^-13 meters
x-unit (siegbahn)
5.2917721092(17)x10^-11 meters: distance between the nucleus and electron of a hydrogen atom
Bohr radius
10 billionth of a meter
angstrom
10^-9 meters
nanometer
10^-6 meters
micrometer
1 1/1440 of an inch
twip
1/1000th of a inch
mil;thou
0.3515 millimeters
point (American)
1/72.27 inches
point (TeX)
1/72 of an inch
point (postscript)
5/133 of a cm
point (didot)
1/200th of an inch
mickey
1/3 millimeter
french gauge
ln symbol
line
1/8 of an inch
soot
1/3 inch
barleycorn
7/8 of an inch
finger
1/12 of a foot
inch
2 inches
stick
2 1/4 inch
nail (cloth)
3 inches
palm
4 inches
hand
4 1/2 inch: has no legal status
finger (cloth)
9 inches
span
0.3048 meters
foot (Benoit)
1.033 English feet
foot (cape)
0.3047972654 meters
foot (clarke's)
0.304799514 meters
foot (Indian)
0.3 meters
foot (metric)
1/3 of a meter
foot (metric, mesures usuelles)
12 inches
foot (international)
0.30479947 meters
foot (sear's)
1200/3997 meters
foot (us survey)
18 inches: fingers to elbow
cubit
2.5 feet
pace
3 feet
yard
si base unit of length: in 1/300,000,000 of a second light travels 1 meter
meter
10^-30 meters
quectometer
10^-27 meters
rontometer
10^-12 meters
picometer
10^-3 meters
millimeter
10^-2 meters
centimeter
10^-1 meters
decimeter
1.83 meters
fathom
10 meters
decameter
100 meters
hectometer
1,000 meters
kilometer
1 million meters
megameter
1 billion meters
gigameter
1 trillion meters
terameter
1 quadrillion meters
petameter
1 quintillion meters
exameter
1 sextillion meters
zettameter
1 septillion meters
yottameter
1 octillion meters
ronnameter
1 nonillion meters
quettameter
45 inches
ell
16.5 feet
rod
20 feet
rope
66 feet
chain
185.2 meters
cable length (international)
608 feet
cable length (imperial)
660 feet
furlong
720 feet
cable length (us)
5,280 feet
mile (international)
5,280 us survey feet
mile (us survey)
6,000 feet
mile (tactical or data)
6,082 feet
mile (geographical)
6,087 feet
mile (telegraph)
1,852 meters
nautical mile (international)
6,080 feet
nautical mile (admiralty)
1,854.248 meters
nautical mile (us pre 1954)
4,028 meters: 1 hour walk
league
10,000 meters
mil (sweden and norway)
299,792,458 meters, distance light travels in one second
light second
distance light travels in one minute: 17,987,547,480 meters
light minute
1 au= distance between earth and the sun
astronomical unit
distance light travels in one hour
light hour
1 trillion meters (same as terameter in length)
spat
distance light travels in one day: voyager 1 will be about this distance from earth in late 2026
light day
distance light travels in one month (rarely used)
light month
distance light travels in one year
light year
3.26 light years
parsec
1,000 parsecs
kilopasecs
1 million parsecs
megaparsec
1 billion parsecs
gigaparsec
10^20 meters
galaxy scale
10^23 meters
cluster scale
10^24 meters
supercluster scale
4.4x10^26 meters
cosmic horizon
length of entire observable universe
observable universe
10^30 meters
multiverse scale
no/unknown length
hypothetical mega universe
10^33 meters
megaverse
10^36 meters
gigaverse
contains many gigaverses
teraverse
multidimensional playground
hyperverse
10^45 meters
outerverse
10^48 meters
metaverse
10^51 meters
omniverse
10^54 meters
xenoverse
infinity
absolute infinity
10^-30 radians
quectoradian
angle formed when the length of the arc of a circle equals the radius of that circle
radian
10^-27 radians
rontoradian
10^-24 radians
yoctoradian
10^-21 radians
zeptoradian
10^-18 radians
attoradian
10^-15 radians
femtoradian
10^-12 radians
picoradian
10^-9 radians
nanoradian
10^-6 radians
microradian
1/3600 of a degree
arcsecond
10^-3 radians
milliradian
60 arcseconds
arcminute
military unit used in us
soviet mil
10 km
swedish mil
used in NATO countries
NATO mil
1/6400th of a degree
angular mil
1/360th of a circle
degree
rare mostly historical unit
ush
1 degree
moira
chinese version of degree
Chinese du
islamic equivalent of degree
Islamic daraja
10^-2 radians
centiradian
metric unit of angular measurement
gradian
1/4th distance of two 2 points
compass quarter point
comes from 60 base system
hexacontade
finer subdivision
compass half point
named point on a compass
compass point
divide horizon into 32 houses
Polynesian star compass division
direction of wind: compass of wind
point of wind
used in astrology
nakshatra
divide the ecliptic into 12 equal parts
zodiac sign
Roman unit of angle: 1/12th in latin
uncia
in astrology
hindu bhaga
1/6th of a circle
sextant division
45 degrees
octant
earliest navigation system
quadrant
90 degrees
right angle
180 degrees
straight angle
15 degrees
hour of angle
Dec is symbol
declination
measure less work from meridian
hour angle
1 of 2 coordinates in galactic coordinate system
galactic latitude
perpindicular to the ecliptic plane
ecliptic latitude
sau is symbol
sidereal angle unit
one revolution around a point
turn/revolution
360 degrees
circle
1 of 2 coordinates in galactic coordinate system
galactic longitude
angular coordinate in coordinate system
ecliptic longitude
ra is symbol
right ascension
10^-1 radians
deciradian
10 radians
decaradian
100 radians
hectoradian
1,000 radians
kiloradian
1 million radians
megaradian
1 billion radians
gigaradian
1 trillion radians
teraradian
1 quadrillion radians
petaradian
1 quintillion radians
exaradian
1 sextillion radians
zettaradian
1 septillion radians
yottaradian
1 octillion radians
ronnaradian
1 nonillion radians
quettaradian
historical unit in astronomy
greek chord measure
used to measure surface brightness of galaxies
square arcsecond
quantifies surface of brightness of space objects
square arcminute
41,253 square degrees=observable universe
square dergree
essentially a 3d radian
steradian
used in physics
phase angle
90 degree shift of a signal
quadricurie unit
represents angles using binary numbers
binary angle measurement
1000 meters: 0.0001 radians
angular mil
sau symbol: used in geodesy
sidereal angular unit
relates to equatorial coordinates
galactic coordinate angles
astronomical unit to describe an objects relative to the plain of the earth around the sun
ecliptic coordinate angles
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