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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.
Would you use hundreds thousands or millions to count the number of miles to earth to sun?
I would use million miles to measure the distance from the Earth to the Sun. The average distance is about 93 million miles.
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.
What most reasonable measure for the height of your desk?
It would be feet
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.
Why would astronomers measure the parallax angle of a planet or star?
Astronomers measure the parallax angle of a planet or star to determine its distance from Earth. By observing the apparent shift in position of the object against the background stars as the Earth orbits the Sun, astronomers can calculate the angle and use it to estimate the object's distance.
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.
Would it be inappropriate to measure the distance from Pluto to Earth in light-years?
Light years aren't the best, since it is only about 0.000624 light years away. Saying that the distance is 39 AU would be better. On the other hand, it's a much better unit than saying the distance is 3,229,510,630,000 fathoms.
