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What would be a reasonable unit to use to measure the distance from earth to the moon?
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What metric unit of measurement would you use to measure the distance from the earth to the moon?
Kilometers
What is the most reasonable metric measure for the width of a thumb tack?
It would be millimetres.
What do you measure in kilometres?
A kilometre is quite a long unit of measurement. For this reason you would use it to measure large things on earth. For example:The distance between citiesThe length of a coastlineHow far a train journey is
What unit would you use to measure the distances from stars?
To measure the distance of stars you have to measure by light years.
What unit would you use to measure the distance from Liverpool to Birmingham?
Kilometres or miles.
What unit would you use measure a large distance?
Light year is used to measure the stellar distances whereas miles and km is used to measure distance on Earth.
What metric unit of measurement would you use to measure the distance from the earth to the moon?
Kilometers
Does light year denote distance on earth?
No. A light year measures such large distances that it would be highly impractical to measure anything on Earth. The light year is used to measure distance in space beyond the solar system.
Name a distance you would measure in kilometers?
Distances on the road, or very large parcels of land. Probably the distance from the earth to the moon.
What would you use to measure the distance to go from earth to mars?
you would use kilometers. The distance between their orbital paths is on average 78,341,212 Km apart.
What measurement would you use to measure a large distance?
Light year is used to measure the stellar distances whereas miles and km is used to measure distance on Earth.
Why was it necessary to definite new unit to measure distance in universe?
Because of the unwieldy large numbers that would otherwise be required.A Parsec is the distance from the Sun to Earth, and a light year is the distance that light would travel in a year.
Why do you think the AU is not used to measure distance on earth?
An AU is much larger than any distance on Earth. Earth's equatorial circumference is about 0.00027 . So measuring distances on Earth in AU would be like measuring the sizes of small animals in miles.
How would you measure the distance of the door meters or liters?
You would measure the distance of the door with meters because liters measure volume not length.
What most reasonable measure for the height of your desk?
It would be feet
Do scientists measure a stars distance from earth in meters?
No, they are much too far away, and you would have a number too large to be usable.
What would you measure with kilometers?
Distance
