Question

in a science lab, dominics instructor wrote the wavelength for violet light on the board as shown at the right. a. is the wavelength for violet light a large or small value, and how do you know? small value because its less than 1. b. how would you read the value using place - value? what makes it difficult? four hundred thousand scientific notation is a shorthand way of writing really ____ or really __ numbers. scientific notation is written as a __ of two numbers: the first number must be between __ and __. the second number must be a ____ of 10.

Explanation:

a. The wavelength of violet light (0.00004 cm) is less than 1, so it's a small value.
b. Scientific notation is used for very large or very small numbers. It's written as a product of two numbers. The first number is between 1 (inclusive) and 10 (exclusive), and the second number is a power of 10.

Answer:

a. Small value because it's less than 1.
b. Scientific notation is a shorthand way of writing really large or really small numbers. Scientific notation is written as a product of two numbers: The first number must be between 1 and 10. The second number must be a power of 10.