The table below shows the typical mass of eight animals.
a) Plot and label these values on a log scale.
b) How many orders of magnitude larger is a blue whale than a hummingbird?
c) If a blue whale is 2.7 times larger than a fin whale, how many orders of magnitude larger is the blue whale?
|
Animal
|
Body mass (kg)
|
Animal
|
Body mass (kg)
|
|
Blue whale
|
190,000
|
Dolphin
|
200
|
|
Elephant
|
5,000
|
Human
|
70
|
|
Giraffe
|
1,200
|
Turkey
|
5
|
|
Grizzly Bear
|
780
|
Hummingbird
|
0.003
|