Title: Order-of-Magnitude Quiz
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Prompt: Basic Distance / Size
QuizURL: https://nathanmcrae.name/order-of-magnitude/quiz/index.html?question-sets=basic-distance-size

Prompt: Proton diameter
Value: E-15
Source: Source: Basdevant, J.-L.; Rich, J.; Spiro, M. (2005). Fundamentals in Nuclear Physics. Springer. p. 155. ISBN 978-0-387-01672-6.
Units: m

Prompt: Atom diameter
Value: E-10
Source: Source: J.C. Slater (1964). 'Atomic Radii in Crystals'. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 41 (10): 3199-3204. Bibcode:1964JChPh..41.3199S. doi:10.1063/1.1725697.
Units: m

Prompt: E. coli bacterium length
Value: E-6
Source: Source: https://bionumbers.hms.harvard.edu/bionumber.aspx?s=n&v=6&id=101789
Units: m

Prompt: Carpenter ant length
Value: E-2
Source: Source: https://pestsamurai.com/ant-size-chart-and-comparison/
Units: m

Prompt: Human height
Value: E0
Source: Source: https://ourworldindata.org/human-height
Units: m

Prompt: Everest height
Value: E4
Units: m

Prompt: Earth diameter
Value: E7
Units: m

Prompt: Sun diameter
Value: E9
Units: m

Prompt: Solar system diameter
Value: E13
Units: m

Prompt: Milky Way diameter
Value: E21
Source: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milky_Way
Units: m

Prompt: Observable universe diameter
Value: E27
Source: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observable_universe
Units: m

Prompt: More Distance / Size
QuizURL: https://nathanmcrae.name/order-of-magnitude/quiz/index.html?question-sets=more-distance-size

Prompt: Inch
Value: E-2
Source: Source: https://www.adducation.info/how-to-improve-your-knowledge/units-of-measurement/
Units: m

Prompt: Mile
Value: E3
Source: Source: https://www.adducation.info/how-to-improve-your-knowledge/units-of-measurement/
Units: m

Prompt: Astronomical unit
Value: E11
Source: Source: https://www.adducation.info/how-to-improve-your-knowledge/units-of-measurement/
Units: m

Prompt: Light year
Value: E16
Source: Source: https://www.adducation.info/how-to-improve-your-knowledge/units-of-measurement/
Units: m

Prompt: Parsec
Value: E16
Source: Source: https://www.adducation.info/how-to-improve-your-knowledge/units-of-measurement/
Units: m

Prompt: Distance to moon
Value: E8
Source: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon
Units: m

Prompt: Distance to nearest star (Proxima Centauri)
Value: E17
Source: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxima_Centauri
Units: m

Prompt: Basic Mass
QuizURL: https://nathanmcrae.name/order-of-magnitude/quiz/index.html?question-sets=basic-mass

Prompt: Proton mass
Value: E-27
Source: Source: http://physics.nist.gov/cgi-bin/cuu/Value?mp
Units: kg

Prompt: Ribosome mass
Value: E-20
Source: Source: https://bionumbers.hms.harvard.edu/bionumber.aspx?id=109391&ver=4&trm=eukaryotic+ribosome+mass&org=
Units: kg

Prompt: E. coli mass
Value: E-15
Source: Source: https://bionumbers.hms.harvard.edu/bionumber.aspx?s=n&v=6&id=101789
Units: kg

Prompt: Human egg cell mass
Value: E-8
Source: Source: https://bionumbers.hms.harvard.edu/bionumber.aspx?id=101664&ver=16
Units: kg

Prompt: Eyelash mass
Value: E-7
Source: Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta7nlkI5K5g
Units: kg

Prompt: Dollar bill mass
Value: E-3
Source: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_one-dollar_bill
Units: kg

Prompt: Baseball mass
Value: E-1
Source: Source: https://hypertextbook.com/facts/1999/ChristinaLee.shtml
Units: kg

Prompt: Cat mass
Value: E1
Source: Source: Mattern, Michelle Y.; McLennan, Deborah A. (2000). 'Phylogeny and Speciation of Felids'. Cladistics. 16 (2): 232-253. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2000.tb00354.x. PMID 34902955. S2CID 85043293.
Units: kg

Prompt: Human adult mass
Value: E2
Source: Source: https://hypertextbook.com/facts/2003/AlexSchlessingerman.shtml
Units: kg

Prompt: Typical car mass
Value: E3
Source: Source: United States Environmental Protection Agency (PDF). EPA-420-R-16-010: 28, 30. November 2016 https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-11/documents/420r16010.pdf.
Units: kg

Prompt: Tank mass
Value: E4 - E5
Source: Source: https://weightofstuff.com/the-weight-of-a-military-tank/
Units: kg

Prompt: Titanic mass
Value: E8
Source: Source: http://www.markchirnside.co.uk/Olympic-Titanic66000-ton_displacement_myth.html
Units: kg

Prompt: Great Pyramid of Giza mass
Value: E10
Source: Source: Levy, Janey (2005). The Great Pyramid of Giza: Measuring Length, Area, Volume, and Angles. Rosen Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-4042-6059-7.
Units: kg

Prompt: Mass of all humans
Value: E12
Source: Source: http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2003/AlexSchlessingerman.shtml
Units: kg

Prompt: Mass of everything produced by humans
Value: E16
Source: Source: Zalasiewicz, Jan; Williams, Mark; Waters, Colin N.; Barnosky, Anthony D.; Palmesino, John; Ronnskog, Ann-Sofi; Edgeworth, Matt; Neal, Cath; Cearreta, Alejandro; Ellis, Erle C.; Grinevald, Jacques; Haff, Peter; Ivar Do Sul, Juliana A.; Jeandel, Catherine;
Units: kg

Prompt: Mass of Earth's atmosphere
Value: E19
Source: Source: Trenberth, Kevin E.; Smith, Lesley. 'The Mass of the Atmosphere: a Constraint on Global Analyses'. National Center for Atmospheric Research.
Units: kg

Prompt: Mass of Earth's oceans
Value: E21
Source: Source: http://hypertextbook.com/facts/1998/AvijeetDut.shtml
Units: kg

Prompt: Mass of Earth's moon
Value: E23
Source: Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20040224174315/http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Moon&Display=Facts
Units: kg

Prompt: Earth's mass
Value: E25
Source: Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20031216035125/http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Earth&Display=Facts
Units: kg

Prompt: The Sun's mass
Value: E30
Source: Source: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/sunfact.html
Units: kg

Prompt: Milky Way mass
Value: E42
Source: Source: Karachentsev, I. D.; Kashibadze, O. G. (2006). 'Masses of the local group and of the M81 group estimated from distortions in the local velocity field'. Astrophysics. 49 (1): 3-18. doi:10.1007/s10511-006-0002-6. S2CID 120973010
Units: kg

Prompt: Observable universe mass
Value: E53
Source: Source: http://people.cs.umass.edu/~immerman/stanford/universe.html
Units: kg

Prompt: More Mass
QuizURL: https://nathanmcrae.name/order-of-magnitude/quiz/index.html?question-sets=more-mass

Prompt: Electron mass
Value: E-30
Units: kg

Prompt: Water molecule mass
Value: E-26
Units: kg

Prompt: Median protein mass
Value: E-22
Source: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(mass)#cite_note-16
Units: kg

Prompt: Sperm cell mass
Value: E-13
Source: Source: Mass calculated from volume (BNID 106851) assuming density of 1E3 kg/mÂ³
Units: kg

Prompt: Mass of a grain of pollen
Value: E-11 - E-10
Source: Source: Schappi, G. F.; Suphioglu, C.; Taylor, P. E.; Knox, R. B. (1997). 'Concentrations of the major birch tree allergen Bet v 1 in pollen and respirable fine particles in the atmosphere'. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 100 (5): 656-661. doi:10.101
Units: kg

Prompt: Mosquito mass
Value: E-6
Source: Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20110918143050/http://www.mosquito.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=45&Itemid=122#weigh
Units: kg

Prompt: House fly mass
Value: E-5
Source: Source: Rice, G. M. (1961). 'Some Aspects of Amino Acid Metabolism in the Adult Housefly, Musca domestica'. Biochem. J. 80 (2): 420-8. doi:10.1042/bj0800420. PMC 1244018. PMID 16748919.
Units: kg

Prompt: Grand piano mass
Value: E2 - E3
Source: Source: http://www.bluebookofpianos.com/sizes.html
Units: kg

Prompt: Cow mass
Value: E3
Source: Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20151209125453/http://www.bovinebazaar.com/whythisbreed.htm
Units: kg

Prompt: Elephant mass
Value: E3 - E4
Source: Source: Norton, C.A. Spinage; illustrated by Larry (1994). Elephants. London: T & A D Poyser. ISBN 9780856610882.
Units: kg

Prompt: Hubble telescope mass
Value: E4
Source: Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20150619154844/http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/profile.cfm?Sort=Alpha&Letter=H&Alias=Hubble%20Space%20Telescope
Units: kg

Prompt: Big Ben mass
Value: E4
Source: Source: http://www.whitechapelbellfoundry.co.uk/bigben.htm
Units: kg

Prompt: Nuclear submarine mass
Value: E7
Source: Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20190524003333/http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_print.asp?cid=4100&tid=100&ct=4&page=1
Units: kg

Prompt: Three Gorges Dam mass
Value: E10
Source: Source: http://www.ibiblio.org/chinesehistory/contents/07spe/specrep01.html#Quick%20Facts
Units: kg

Prompt: Mass of the asteroid belt
Value: E22
Source: Source: Krasinsky, G. A.; Pitjeva, E. V.; Vasilyev, M. V.; Yagudina, E. I. (July 2002). 'Hidden Mass in the Asteroid Belt'. Icarus. 158 (1): 98-105. Bibcode:2002Icar..158...98K. doi:10.1006/icar.2002.6837.
Units: kg

Prompt: Mass of Pluto
Value: E22
Source: Source: Buie, Marc W.; Grundy, William M.; Young, Eliot F.; Young, Leslie A.; Stern, S. Alan (2006). 'Orbits and Photometry of Pluto's Satellites: Charon, S/2005 P1, and S/2005 P2'. The Astronomical Journal. 132 (1): 290-298. arXiv:astro-ph/0512491. Bibcode:2006A
Units: kg

Prompt: Mass of Mercury
Value: E24
Source: Source: https://archive.today/20120713203942/http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Mercury&Display=Facts
Units: kg

Prompt: Mass of Mars
Value: E24
Source: Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20031215145455/http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Mars&Display=Facts
Units: kg

Prompt: Mass of Venus
Value: E25
Source: Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20031216111739/http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Venus&Display=Facts
Units: kg

Prompt: Mass of Uranus
Value: E26
Source: Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20031214200402/http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Uranus&Display=Facts
Units: kg

Prompt: Mass of Neptune
Value: E26
Source: Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20031215224327/http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Neptune&Display=Facts
Units: kg

Prompt: Mass of Saturn
Value: E27
Source: Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20040224191458/http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Saturn&Display=Facts
Units: kg

Prompt: Mass of Jupiter
Value: E27
Source: Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20031215141351/http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Jupiter&Display=Facts
Units: kg

Prompt: Basic Metric Prefixes
QuizURL: https://nathanmcrae.name/order-of-magnitude/quiz/index.html?question-sets=basic-metric-prefixes

Prompt: nano
Value: E-9
Source: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_prefix

Prompt: micro
Value: E-6
Source: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_prefix

Prompt: milli
Value: E-3
Source: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_prefix

Prompt: kilo
Value: E3
Source: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_prefix

Prompt: mega
Value: E6
Source: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_prefix

Prompt: giga
Value: E9
Source: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_prefix

Prompt: More Metric Prefixes
QuizURL: https://nathanmcrae.name/order-of-magnitude/quiz/index.html?question-sets=more-metric-prefixes

Prompt: yocto
Value: E-24
Source: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_prefix

Prompt: zepto
Value: E-21
Source: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_prefix

Prompt: atto
Value: E-18
Source: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_prefix

Prompt: femto
Value: E-15
Source: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_prefix

Prompt: pico
Value: E-12
Source: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_prefix

Prompt: tera
Value: E12
Source: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_prefix

Prompt: peta
Value: E15
Source: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_prefix

Prompt: exa
Value: E18
Source: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_prefix

Prompt: zetta
Value: E21
Source: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_prefix

Prompt: yotta
Value: E24
Source: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_prefix

Prompt: Basic Data / Information
QuizURL: https://nathanmcrae.name/order-of-magnitude/quiz/index.html?question-sets=basic-data-information

Prompt: byte
Value: E1
Units: bits

Prompt: kilobyte
Value: E4
Units: bits

Prompt: Data in one page of typed text
Value: E4
Source: Source: http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15557421
Units: bits

Prompt: Average book size (75,000 words)
Value: E6
Source: Source: https://chilkibopublishing.com/average-book-word-count/
Units: bits

Prompt: megabyte
Value: E7
Units: bits

Prompt: Bible data size
Value: E8
Source: Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30
Units: bits

Prompt: Complete works of Shakespeare
Value: E8
Source: Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/100
Units: bits

Prompt: Average song size (3.5 minutes, CD quality)
Value: E8
Source: Source: 3.5 minute song, 41100 samples / s, 32 bit samples
Units: bits

Prompt: Human genome size
Value: E10
Source: Source: Nurk S, Koren S, Rhie A, Rautiainen M, Bzikadze AV, Mikheenko A, Vollger MR, Altemose N, Uralsky L, Gershman A, Aganezov S, Hoyt SJ, Diekhans M, Logsdon GA, Alonge M, Antonarakis SE, Borchers M, Bouffard GG, Brooks SY, Caldas GV, Chen NC, Cheng H, Chin CS, Chow W, de Lima LG, Dishuck PC, Durbin R, Dvorkina T, Fiddes IT, Formenti G, Fulton RS, Fungtammasan A, Garrison E, Grady PGS, Graves-Lindsay TA, Hall IM, Hansen NF, Hartley GA, Haukness M, Howe K, Hunkapiller MW, Jain C, Jain M, Jarvis ED, Kerpedjiev P, Kirsche M, Kolmogorov M, Korlach J, Kremitzki M, Li H, Maduro VV, Marschall T, McCartney AM, McDaniel J, Miller DE, Mullikin JC, Myers EW, Olson ND, Paten B, Peluso P, Pevzner PA, Porubsky D, Potapova T, Rogaev EI, Rosenfeld JA, Salzberg SL, Schneider VA, Sedlazeck FJ, Shafin K, Shew CJ, Shumate A, Sims Y, Smit AFA, Soto DC, Sovic I, Storer JM, Streets A, Sullivan BA, Thibaud-Nissen F, Torrance J, Wagner J, Walenz BP, Wenger A, Wood JMD, Xiao C, Yan SM, Young AC, Zarate S, Surti U, McCoy RC, Dennis MY, Alexandrov IA, Gerton JL, O'Neill RJ, Timp W, Zook JM, Schatz MC, Eichler EE, Miga KH, Phillippy AM. The complete sequence of a human genome. Science. 2022 Apr;376(6588):44-53. doi: 10.1126/science.abj6987. Epub 2022 Mar 31. PMID: 35357919; PMCID: PMC9186530.
Units: bits

Prompt: gigabyte
Value: E10
Units: bits

Prompt: Wikipedia size (2022, text only, compressed)
Value: E11
Source: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Size_of_Wikipedia#Size_of_the_English_Wikipedia_database
Units: bits

Prompt: terabyte
Value: E13
Units: bits

Prompt: petabyte
Value: E16
Units: bits

Prompt: exabyte
Value: E19
Units: bits

Prompt: Computer Memory
QuizURL: https://nathanmcrae.name/order-of-magnitude/quiz/index.html?question-sets=computer-memory

Prompt: L1 cache memory
Value: E6
Source: Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20210623011754/http://blog.skoups.com/?p=592
Units: bits

Prompt: L2 cache memory
Value: E7
Source: Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20210623011754/http://blog.skoups.com/?p=592
Units: bits

Prompt: L3 cache memory
Value: E8
Source: Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20210623011754/http://blog.skoups.com/?p=592
Units: bits

Prompt: RAM memory
Value: E12
Source: Source: The upper end of of most PCs seems to be 32GB, while most are 8GB or 16GB
Units: bits

Prompt: SSD Memory
Value: E13
Source: Source: 256GB SSDs are still around, but most new ones are 512 and up
Units: bits

Prompt: HDD memory
Value: E15
Source: Source: This is definitely slanted towards newer hard drives, but it does seem to be shifting to >4TB
Units: bits

Prompt: L1 cache bandwidth
Value: E12
Source: Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20210623011754/http://blog.skoups.com/?p=592
Units: bits/s

Prompt: L2 cache bandwidth
Value: E12
Source: Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20210623011754/http://blog.skoups.com/?p=592
Units: bits/s

Prompt: L3 cache bandwidth
Value: E11
Source: Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20210623011754/http://blog.skoups.com/?p=592
Units: bits/s

Prompt: RAM bandwidth
Value: E11
Source: Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20210623011754/http://blog.skoups.com/?p=592
Units: bits/s

Prompt: SSD bandwidth
Value: E10
Source: Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20210623011754/http://blog.skoups.com/?p=592
Units: bits/s

Prompt: HDD bandwidth
Value: E9
Source: Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20210623011754/http://blog.skoups.com/?p=592
Units: bits/s

Prompt: L1 cache latency
Value: E-9
Source: Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20230128211202/http://ithare.com/infographics-operation-costs-in-cpu-clock-cycles/
Units: s

Prompt: L2 cache latency
Value: E-9 - E-8
Source: Source: https://www.forrestthewoods.com/blog/memory-bandwidth-napkin-math/
Units: s

Prompt: L3 cache latency
Value: E-8
Source: Source: https://www.forrestthewoods.com/blog/memory-bandwidth-napkin-math/
Units: s

Prompt: RAM latency
Value: E-7
Source: Source: https://www.forrestthewoods.com/blog/memory-bandwidth-napkin-math/
Units: s

Prompt: SSD latency
Value: E-4
Source: Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20210623011754/http://blog.skoups.com/?p=592
Units: s

Prompt: HDD latency
Value: E-2
Source: Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20210623011754/http://blog.skoups.com/?p=592
Units: s

Prompt: Basic Power and Energy
QuizURL: https://nathanmcrae.name/order-of-magnitude/quiz/index.html?question-sets=basic-power-and-energy

Prompt: Ionic bonds
Value: E-20 - E-19
Source: Source: https://ephysics.physics.ucla.edu/energy-scales-table
Units: J

Prompt: 1 electronvolt (eV)
Value: E-19
Source: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(energy)
Units: J

Prompt: Energy of a covalent bond
Value: E-19 - E-18
Source: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(energy)
Units: J

Prompt: Ground state ionization energy of hydrogen
Value: E-18
Source: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(energy)
Units: J

Prompt: The energy required for a human heart to beat once
Value: E0
Source: Source: https://ephysics.physics.ucla.edu/energy-scales-table
Units: J

Prompt: Kinetic energy of a punch.
Value: E1 - E2
Source: Source: https://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2014/01/the_physics_of_getting_punched_in_the_face.html
Units: J

Prompt: 1 British thermal unit (BTU), depending on the temperature
Value: E3
Source: Source: https://www.nist.gov/pml/special-publication-811/nist-guide-si-appendix-b-conversion-factors/nist-guide-si-appendix-b8
Units: J

Prompt: 1 Wh (watt-hour)
Value: E4
Source: Source: 1 hour = 3600 seconds
Units: J

Prompt: 1 food Calorie (large calorie)
Value: E4
Source: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(energy)
Units: J

Prompt: Approximate food energy of a snack such as a Snickers bar (280 food calories)
Value: E6
Source: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(energy)
Units: J

Prompt: Energy released by explosion of 1 ton of TNT.
Value: E10
Source: Source: https://www.nist.gov/pml/special-publication-811/nist-guide-si-appendix-b-conversion-factors/nist-guide-si-appendix-b8
Units: J

Prompt: Lightning bolt
Value: E10
Source: Source: https://ephysics.physics.ucla.edu/energy-scales-table
Units: J

Prompt: Thunderstorm
Value: E15
Source: Source: https://ephysics.physics.ucla.edu/energy-scales-table
Units: J

Prompt: Total world annual energy consumption in 2010
Value: E21
Source: Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20110902033116/http://www.bp.com/assets/bp_internet/globalbp/globalbp_uk_english/reports_and_publications/statistical_energy_review_2011/STAGING/local_assets/pdf/statistical_review_of_world_energy_full_report_2011.pdf
Units: J

Prompt: Average power consumption of a human cell
Value: E-12
Source: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(power)
Units: W

Prompt: The power consumption of a typical Light-emitting diode (LED) light bulb
Value: E1
Source: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(power)
Units: W

Prompt: Approximate power consumption of the human brain
Value: E1
Source: Source: https://hypertextbook.com/facts/2001/JacquelineLing.shtml
Units: W

Prompt: The power consumption of a typical household incandescent light bulb
Value: E2
Source: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(power)
Units: W

Prompt: Approximate basal metabolic rate of an adult human body
Value: E2
Source: Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20081217040211/http://www.gearypacific.com/ComfortZone/14%20The%20People%20Load.pdf
Units: W

Prompt: Power output (useful work plus heat) of a person working hard physically
Value: E3
Source: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(power)
Units: W

Prompt: 1 horsepower
Value: E3
Source: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(power)
Units: W

Prompt: Average power consumption per person in the United States in 2022
Value: E4
Source: Source: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/per-capita-energy-use?tab=chart
Units: W

Prompt: Average power consumption of a Boeing 747 passenger aircraft
Value: E8
Source: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(power)
Units: W

Prompt: Typical power output of a Fossil fuel power station
Value: E9
Source: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(power)
Units: W

Prompt: Average total (gas, electricity, etc.) power consumption of the US in 2022
Value: E13
Source: Source: https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/us-energy-facts/
Units: W

Prompt: Average total power consumption of the human world in 2019
Value: E13
Source: Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20240106115500/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_energy_supply_and_consumption
Units: W

Prompt: Global net primary production (= biomass production) via photosynthesis
Value: E14
Source: Source: https://energyeducation.ca/encyclopedia/Earth%27s_energy_flow
Units: W

Prompt: Total power received by Earth from the Sun
Value: E17
Source: Source: https://news.mit.edu/2011/energy-scale-part3-1026
Units: W

Prompt: Luminosity of the Sun
Value: E27
Source: Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20240106080532/https://www.iau.org/static/resolutions/IAU2015_English.pdf
Units: W

Prompt: Approximate luminosity of the Milky Way galaxy
Value: E37
Source: Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20240106080354/https://lweb.cfa.harvard.edu/~dfabricant/huchra/seminar/galaxies/
Units: W

Prompt: More Power and Energy
QuizURL: https://nathanmcrae.name/order-of-magnitude/quiz/index.html?question-sets=more-power-and-energy

Prompt: Van Der Waal bonds
Value: E-20
Source: Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20110823121639/http://www.doe-mbi.ucla.edu/CHEM125/bonds.html
Units: J

Prompt: Energy of a hydrogen bond
Value: E-20
Source: Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20110823121639/http://www.doe-mbi.ucla.edu/CHEM125/bonds.html
Units: J

Prompt: The energy required for a single neuron to fire
Value: E-16
Source: Source: https://ephysics.physics.ucla.edu/energy-scales-table
Units: J

Prompt: Energy required for a single bacterial cell to replicate
Value: E-13
Source: Source: https://ephysics.physics.ucla.edu/energy-scales-table
Units: J

Prompt: 1 thermochemical calorie (small calorie)
Value: E1
Source: Source: https://www.nist.gov/pml/special-publication-811/nist-guide-si-appendix-b-conversion-factors/nist-guide-si-appendix-b8
Units: J

Prompt: Energy in an alkaline AA battery
Value: E4
Source: Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20111204090808/http://www.allaboutbatteries.com/Energy-tables.html
Units: J

Prompt: 1 bboe (barrel of oil equivalent)
Value: E10
Source: Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20110725001439/http://www.altenergyaction.org/mambo/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9
Units: J

Prompt: Energy released by a one megaton Hydrogen bomb
Value: E16
Source: Source: https://ephysics.physics.ucla.edu/energy-scales-table
Units: J

Prompt: Total world nuclear arsenal
Value: E22
Source: Source: Average weapon yield from: https://www.icanw.org/how_destructive_are_today_s_nuclear_weapons, and total number of weapons (mostly US and Russia) from: https://fas.org/initiative/status-world-nuclear-forces/
Units: J

Prompt: Fossil fuel left on Earth
Value: E23
Source: Source: https://ephysics.physics.ucla.edu/energy-scales-table
Units: J

Prompt: Approximate lifetime energy output of the Sun.
Value: E44
Source: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(energy)
Units: J

Prompt: Power consumption of 8-bit PIC microcontroller chips when in "sleep" mode
Value: E-9 - E-8
Source: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(power)
Units: W

Prompt: Approximate consumption of a quartz or mechanical wristwatch
Value: E-6
Source: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(power)
Units: W

Prompt: The sound of heavy thunder (as heard, not at source)
Value: E0
Source: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_power
Units: W

Prompt: Heat output of a domestic electric kettle
Value: E3
Source: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(power)
Units: W

Prompt: Power of a microwave oven
Value: E3
Source: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(power)
Units: W

Prompt: Rate at which a typical gasoline pump transfers chemical energy to a vehicle
Value: E7
Source: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(power)
Units: W

Prompt: Peak power output of the reactor of a Los Angeles-class nuclear submarine
Value: E7
Source: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(power)
Units: W

Prompt: Peak power output of a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
Value: E8
Source: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(power)
Units: W

Prompt: Peak power generation of Hoover Dam
Value: E9
Source: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(power)
Units: W

Prompt: Estimated power consumption of the Bitcoin network in 2017
Value: E10
Source: Source: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/nov/27/bitcoin-mining-consumes-electricity-ireland
Units: W

Prompt: Average power consumption of the first stage of the Saturn V rocket
Value: E11
Source: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(power)
Units: W

Prompt: Average total heat flow at Earth's surface which originates from its interior. Main sources are roughly equal amounts of radioactive decay and residual heat from Earth's formation.
Value: E14
Source: Source: https://se.copernicus.org/articles/1/5/2010/
Units: W

Prompt: Average luminosity of a quasar
Value: E39
Source: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(power)
Units: W

Prompt: Car battery
Value: E5
Source: Source: https://hypertextbook.com/facts/2002/RaymondTran.shtml
Units: J/kg

Prompt: Heat of fusion of water
Value: E6
Source: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(energy)
Units: J/kg

Prompt: Sugar
Value: E6
Source: Source: https://ephysics.physics.ucla.edu/energy-scales-table
Units: J/kg

Prompt: Heat of vaporization of water
Value: E6
Source: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(energy)
Units: J/kg

Prompt: TNT
Value: E7
Source: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_density
Units: J/kg

Prompt: Carbohydrates and Protein
Value: E7
Source: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_density
Units: J/kg

Prompt: Fat
Value: E8
Source: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_density
Units: J/kg

Prompt: Gasoline
Value: E8
Source: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_density
Units: J/kg

Prompt: Oil
Value: E8
Source: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(energy)
Units: J/kg

Prompt: Launch 1 kg to Earth orbit
Value: E8
Source: Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20180211050145/https://home.earthlink.net/~jedcline/ets.html
Units: J/kg

Prompt: Uranium 235 via fission
Value: E14
Source: Source: https://ephysics.physics.ucla.edu/energy-scales-table
Units: J/kg

Prompt: Total mass-energy of normal matter
Value: E17
Source: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_magnitude_(energy)
Units: J/kg

Prompt: Visual Estimation: Count
QuizURL: https://nathanmcrae.name/order-of-magnitude/quiz/index.html?question-sets=visual-estimation-count

Value: E1
Units: dots

Value: E2
Units: dots

Value: E3
Units: dots

Value: E4
Units: dots

Prompt: Visual Estimation: Scale
QuizURL: https://nathanmcrae.name/order-of-magnitude/quiz/index.html?question-sets=visual-estimation-scale

Value: E0
Units: ratio

Value: E1
Units: ratio

Value: E2
Units: ratio

Prompt: Visual Estimation: Area
QuizURL: https://nathanmcrae.name/order-of-magnitude/quiz/index.html?question-sets=visual-estimation-area

Value: E3
Units: ratio

Value: E4
Units: ratio