Sort the following in order of length (shortest to longest). Estimate their
duration.
- Life of a bright star
- Death of a bright star
- Age of the Universe
- Time for the Earth to go once around the Sun
- Time for Jupiter to go once around the Sun
- Time for light to travel from another galaxy to us
- Time for light to travel from a distant quasar to us
- Time since the great dinosaur extinction event
- Time for the Sun to go once around the Galaxy
- Life of a human being
- Age of human beings (first Homo sapiens)
- Time for light to travel from the Sun to the Earth
- Time for light to travel from the Sun to the nearest star
Work together with your three closest neighbors, for one minute.
- Sort the four shortest times (Earth around Sun, Jupiter
around Sun, light from Sun to nearest star, light from Sun to
Earth) from shortest to longest.
- Estimate how long each one lasts.