how many DNA strands could be broken by the energy generated by 1 barrel of crude oil?

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Object/phenomenon
Energy in joules
Big Bang
1068
Annual world energy use
4.0x 1020
Large fusion bomb (9 megaton)
3.8x 1016
Hiroshima-size fission bomb (10 kiloton)
4.2x 1013
1 barrel crude oil
5.9 x 10°
1 ton TNT
4.2x 10°
1 gallon of gasoline
1.2x 108
Daily adult food intake (recommended)
1.2x 107
1000-kg car at 90 km/h
3.1 × 105
Tennis ball at 100 km/h
22
Mosquito (10-2 g at 0.5 m/s)
1.3x 10-6
Single electron in a TV tube beam
4.0x 10-15
Energy to break one DNA strand
10-19
Transcribed Image Text:Object/phenomenon Energy in joules Big Bang 1068 Annual world energy use 4.0x 1020 Large fusion bomb (9 megaton) 3.8x 1016 Hiroshima-size fission bomb (10 kiloton) 4.2x 1013 1 barrel crude oil 5.9 x 10° 1 ton TNT 4.2x 10° 1 gallon of gasoline 1.2x 108 Daily adult food intake (recommended) 1.2x 107 1000-kg car at 90 km/h 3.1 × 105 Tennis ball at 100 km/h 22 Mosquito (10-2 g at 0.5 m/s) 1.3x 10-6 Single electron in a TV tube beam 4.0x 10-15 Energy to break one DNA strand 10-19
Using values from this table, how many DNA strands could be broken by the energy generated by 1 barrel of crude oil?
4.000
X strands
Transcribed Image Text:Using values from this table, how many DNA strands could be broken by the energy generated by 1 barrel of crude oil? 4.000 X strands
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