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Fermi Questions Deck #1 Flashcards

Familiarize yourself with some basic statistics about the human body, our home planet of Earth, etc. in preparation for the Science Olympiad Fermi Questions event.

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1
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Men’s Average Height

A

69.4 inches

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Men’s Average Weight

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194.7 lbs.

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3
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Men’s Average Weight Circumference

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39.7 inches

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4
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Women’s Average Height

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63.8 inches

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5
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Women’s Average Weight

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164.7 lbs.

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6
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Women’s Average Weight Circumference

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37 inches

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7
Q

Average amount of water in the human body

A

40 liters

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8
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Average percent of body weight made up of water

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57%

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9
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Amount of body fluid that is intracellular fluid

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25 liters

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10
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Amount of body fluid that is extracellular fluid

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15 liters

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11
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Amount of extracellular fluid that is plasma fluid

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3 liters

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12
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Amount of extracellular fluid that is interstitial fluid

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12 liters

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13
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Amount of extracellular fluid that is transcellular fluid

A

Minute

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14
Q

Average human heart beats per day

A

100,000

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15
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Average human heart beats per year

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35 million

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16
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Average human heart beats per lifetime

A

3 billion

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17
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Gallons of blood pumped by the heart in a lifetime

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48 million

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18
Q

Lung breathes per day

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23,000

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19
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Gallons of air produced per year

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80 million

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20
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Urine produced each day by kidneys

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1.5 quarts

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21
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Urine produced in a lifetime by kidneys

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10,000 gallons

22
Q

Blood processed each minute by kidneys

A

1 quart

23
Q

Blood processed each day by kidneys

A

423 gallons

24
Q

Blood processed in a lifetime by kidneys

A

1.3 million gallons

25
Q

Amount of food consumed each day by average human

A

3.5 pounds

26
Q

Amount of food consumed in a lifetime by average human

A

53 tons

27
Q

Saliva produced in a lifetime

A

10,000 gallons

28
Q

Average time it takes food to travel from mouth to stomach

A

7 seconds

29
Q

Number of cells that compose the body

A

100 trillion

30
Q

Number of cells that die and are replaced each minute

A

300 million

31
Q

Blood cells that die every minute

A

15 million

32
Q

Muscles in the human body

A

650

33
Q

Bones in the human body

A

206

34
Q

Square feet of skin in the human body

A

20 square feet

35
Q

Miles of blood vessels in the human body

A

60,000

36
Q

Number of scents detected by the nose

A

50,000

37
Q

Number of eye blinks each year

A

6 million

38
Q

Number of diseases that affect the human body

A

20,000

39
Q

Diameter

A

12,753 km (7,926 miles)

39
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Mass

A

5.98E24 kg (6.5E21 tons)

40
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Density

A

5.52 g/cm^3

41
Q

Minimum distance from sun

A

146 million km (91 million miles)

42
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Maximum distance from sun

A

152 million km (94.5 million miles)

43
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Surface Gravity

A

9.78 m/s^2

44
Q

Tilt of axis

A

23 deg. 27”

45
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Temperature

A

-128 F to 136 F

46
Q

Average surface temperature

A

287K

47
Q

Population, United States

A

313,229,000 (March 23, 2012)

48
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Population, World

A

6,840,507,003 (2010)

49
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Population, China

A

1,347,350,000 (December 31, 2011)

50
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Population, India

A

1,210,193,422 (March 1, 2011)

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