Enrichment Activity

Scientific notation is a way of expressing numbers that are

too large or too small to be conveniently written in decimal
form.
In scientific notation, all numbers are written in the form
K x10n,Where 1≤ K < 10, and ‘n‘ is an integer.
Example1: The mass of moon is 73,500,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg
Which can also be written as the mass of Moon is 7.35 x1022kg
Example2: A Helium atom has a diameter 0.000000022cm
Which can also be written as a helium atom has a diameter
2.2 x10−8 cm

1.The following table shows the distance of some planets from the
sun in scientific notation and in expanded form. Some of the values
are missing. Fill up the missing columns.
Distance from the sun
Planet Expanded form Scientific Notation
Mercury 57,900,000
Venus 1.082x108
Earth 1,49,600,000
Mars 227,900,000 2.279x108
Jupiter 7.783x108
Saturn 1,427,000,000
2.The following table shows the length of microscopic organisms in
expanded form and in scientific notation .Fill up the missing
columns.
Micro organisms Size/diameter in meter
Expanded form Scientific Notation
Ameoba 0.0005
Flu Virus 1.3x10−7
Ribosome 0.00000003
Covid-19 virus 6x10−8
.
3.Identify the smallest microorganism from the above list.
______________________

4.Check whether the numbers in the following statements are in

scientific notation. If not express them in scientific notation

Statement Scientific Notation

1 Helium atom has a diameter of 22
1000000000 cm
.
2 Mass of a Lead atom is 3.44x10−25 kg
.
3 The mass of Earth is 597x1022kg

4 The mass of a silver atom is 179x10−2 7kg

.

5.Which element is heavier? Lead or Silver? ___________

6.The sun burns about 4.4x106tons of hydrogen per second. How
much Hydrogen does the sun burn in one year? (One year is about
3.16x107 seconds). Express your answer in scientific notation