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Why so much emphasis upon units? Why are units considered to be as important as the quantity, magnitude, of something?
 
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The possibility of life in a Europan ocean probably rests on the question of
 
  A) whether there is enough energy in a useful form to support biology
  B) whether there is enough water present
  C) whether there is enough raw materials to build biological molecules
  D) the level of salinity present



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Answer to Question 1

Just knowing the magnitude of something is not complete information (in fact it is ambiguous) unless one also knows the units. For example, learning that you will earn 150 for a certain task might mean 150 dollars, or perhaps 150 cents, or 150 pesos. The magnitude is almost worthless without the unit in which it is expressed.

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