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Atoms, Molecules, and States of Matter
All atoms are extremely small.
Item AM061003: It would take millions of atoms to make a line across a small dot (about one millimeter in diameter).
About how many atoms would it take to make a line across this dot: 
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- 6
- 600
- 6000
- 6,000,000
(Modified from Mulford and Robinson, 2002)
Answer Choice |
Overall |
Grades |
Gender |
Primary Language |
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| n = 4035 |
6–8 n = 1883 |
9–12 n = 2135 |
Male n = 1968 |
Female n = 1999 |
English n = 3548 |
Other n = 413 |
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| A. | 6 | 10% | 11% | 8% | 8% | 12% | 9% | 19% |
| B. | 600 | 17% | 21% | 13% | 14% | 20% | 17% | 17% |
| C. | 6000 | 26% | 30% | 23% | 25% | 28% | 26% | 25% |
| D. | 6,000,000 | 47% | 38% | 56% | 53% | 41% | 48% | 39% |