Orders of magnitude (volume)
Orders of magnitude (volume or capacity )
Powers of 10³
equal to...
examples
orders of magnitude
10-45 cubic metres
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volume of a proton
10-9 cubic metres
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10-9 m³ , 10-8 m³ , 10-7 m³
10-6 cubic metres
1 millilitre 1 teaspoon = 3.55 ml to 5 ml1 tablespoon = 14.2 ml to 20 ml
1 cm³ , 10 cm³ , 100 cm³
10-3 cubic metres
1 litre 1 US quart of milk = 0.95 liters;United Kingdom quart of milk = 1.14 litres
1 dm³ , 10 dm³ , 100 dm³
1 cubic metre
1000 litres
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1 m³ , 10 m³ , 100 m³
103 cubic metres
1000 cubic metres --
1 dam³ , 10 dam³ , 100 dam³
106 cubic metres
1 million cubic metres
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1 hm³ , 10 hm³ , 100 hm³
109 cubic metres
1 cubic kilometre
Volume of Lake Mead (Hoover Dam ) = 35.2 km3 Volume of crude oil on Earth = ~300 km3
1 km³ , 10 km³ , 100 km³
1012 cubic metres
1000 cubic kilometres
Volume of Lake Superior = 12,232 km3
1012 m³ , 1013 m³ , 1014 m³
1015 cubic metres
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1015 m³ , 1016 m³ , 1017 m³
1018 cubic metres
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Volume of water in all Earth oceans = 1.3×1018 m3
1018 m³ , 1019 m³ , 1020 m³
1021 cubic metres
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Volume of Earth = ~1×1021 m3
1021 m³ , 1022 m³ , 1023 m³
1024 cubic metres
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Volume of Jupiter = ~1×1025 m3
1024 m³ , 1025 m³ , 1026 m³
1027 cubic metres
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Volume of Sun = ~1×1027 m3
1027 m³ , 1028 m³ , 1029 m³
1030 cubic metres
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Volume of a red giant the same mass as the Sun = ~5×1032 m3
1030 m³ , 1031 m³ , 1032 m³
1047 cubic metres
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1 cubic light year = ~8.47×1047 m3
1047 m³ , 1048 m³ , 1049 m³
1081 m3
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Approximate volume of the known universe 1.6 × 1081 m3
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The pages linked in the right-hand column contain lists of volumes that are of the same order of magnitude (power of ten). Rows in the table represent increasing powers of a thousand. (Note: dam³ and hm³ stand for cubic decametre and cubic hectometre respectively. The terms in the left-hand column are common terminology.)
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