SI Units

  1. A young oak tree has 5268 leaves. The average surface area is 42 cm2 per leaf. Which of these best represents the total surface area of the leaves on this tree?
    1. 220 cm2
    2. 220000 cm2
    3. 220 m2
    4. 220000 m2
     
  2. The average adult has a system of blood vessels about 80,000 meters long. That is equal to
    1. 80 kilometers
    2. 800 kilometers
    3. 8000 kilometers
    4. 8 kilometers
     
  3. Your body contains about 5000 milliliters of blood. That is equal to
    1. 5000 centimeters
    2. 500 liters
    3. 50 cm3
    4. 5 liters
     
  4. Your body contains about 5 million red blood cells. These cells have a short lifespan and every 100 days all the red blood cells in your body have been replaced. Which of these best represents the rate at which red blood cells are produced in the body?
    1. 5000 cells/day
    2. 50000 cells/day
    3. 5000000 cells/day
    4. 3000 cells/hour
     
  5. Your two lungs have a total mass of 1.2 kilograms. The mass of one of your lungs is
    1. 0.6 grams
    2. 600 milligrams
    3. 600 grams
    4. 600 micrograms
     
  6. At rest, your heart pumps about 5 liters of blood a minute. Which of these represents the amount of blood pumped by the heart in one day?
    1. 300 liters
    2. 18000 milliliters
    3. 7200 liters
    4. 500 liters
     
  7. The total length of the digestive system in an average adult is 81/2 meters. That is equal to
    1. 8500 centimeters
    2. 8500 millimeters
    3. 8500 micrometers
    4. 8500 decimeters
     
  8. The DNA in a human cell measures a total length of 1800 millimeters. That is equal to
    1. 1.8 meters
    2. 1.8 centimeters
    3. 1.8 decimeters
    4. 1.8 dekameters
     
  9. The refractory period, the time between signals in which a neuron cannot be stimulated, is 0.0004 second. That is equal to
    1. 1/10,000   of a second
    2. 4/10,000   of a second
    3. 1/1000   of a second
    4. 4/1000   of a second
     
  10. The human kidney filters about 180000 milliliters of fluid from the blood every day. That is equal to
    1. 0.18 liters
    2. 1.8 liters
    3. 18 liters
    4. 180 liters
     
  11. According to this graph of hourly measurements, the optimum temperature for photosynthesis is
    1. 18 oC
    2. 22 oC
    3. 23 oC
    4. 25 oC
     
  12. According to the graph, what total volume of water was produced at a temperature of 25 oC?
    1. 1 cm3
    2. 7 cm3
    3. 14 cm3
    4. 21 cm3