Author Question: Why so much emphasis upon units? Why are units considered to be as important as the quantity, ... (Read 12 times)

future617RT · **on:** Jul 27, 2018

Why so much emphasis upon units? Why are units considered to be as important as the quantity, magnitude, of something?

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

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

juiceman1987 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 27, 2018

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.

Answer to Question 2

A