How Big is a Mole?
Extra Credit Project
Due: _________________________
Points: Up to 25 points
What’s a pair?
Two
What’s a dozen? Twelve
What’s a mole? 6.02 x1023
Just like a pair and a dozen, a mole is a word that equals a number, but this
number is so large that a mole of anything is difficult to imagine. Your mission,
should you choose to accept it, is to use the internet and your problem solving
skills to illustrate the size of a mole.
You will be assigned a mole problem. You will present your problem on an
11”x18” poster that displays the question, your solution to the problem, and a
picture depicting the problem. Additional research will be necessary. You must
also include all data collected or facts determined doing research. Your poster
should display a high level of creativity and effort.
1. A mole of Big Macs stacked up would reach from the earth to the
moon and back how many times?
2. A mole of iPhone 6s laid end to end would make how many round
trips from Los Angeles to New York City and back?
3. A mole of dollar bills joined end to end would encircle the earth how
many times?
4. A mole of moles (the mammal) would have a mass how many times
greater than the mass of the earth?
5. A mole of pennies laid next to each other would reach from here to
the Mars and back how many times?
6. A mole of soda cans stacked on top of one another would reach
from here to Venus and back how many times?
7. A mole of 10 lb bowling balls would have a mass how many times
greater than the mass of the moon?
8. A mole of moles (the mammal) placed from nose to tail would reach
from here to Pluto and back how many times?
9. A mole of Hershey bars laid end to end would encircle the Moon
how many times?
10. A mole of Snickers candy bars placed end to end would reach
from here to Jupiter and back how many times?
11. A mole of aluminum foil rolls placed end to end would encircle the
planet Jupiter how many times?
12. A mole of bananas would have a mass of how much more than all
the gold in the U.S. Treasury?
13. A mole of Takis stacked on top of each other would be how many
times taller than the Empire State Building?
14. A mole of 2-Liter bottles laid end to end would encircle the sun
how many times? (They are made of heat resistant plastic.).
15. A mole of typical adult African elephants would have a mass of
how much more than the moon?
16. A mole of 1-gallon cans of paint could fill the hollow earth how
many times?
17. How many years would it take a mole of moles (the mammal) to
produce enough moles to equal the mass of the known universe if
their population doubled each month?
18. If a mole of Kobe Bryant’s shoes were laid end to end, how many
trips back and forth on the basketball court would they make?
19. A sample of silver with the same mass as the earth would contain
how many atoms of silver and how many moles of silver?
20. How many atoms of carbon are there in the hope diamond?
21. If you had a sample of lead with the same mass as the moon how
many lead atoms would you have? How many moles of lead
would you have?
22. A mole of water has a mass of about 18 grams. How many moles
of water are there in Lake Tahoe?
23. How many pre-1982 pennies are needed to make a mole of
copper?
24. How many times could 1 mole of 1 liter bottles of water fill the
empty volume of Mars?
25. One swallow of water is about 20 mL of water. How many
molecules of water are in one swallow?
26. How many packages of Chips Ahoy chocolate chip cookies are
needed to have a mole of chocolate chips?
27. A mole of Tamales laid end to end would make how many round
trips from Los Angeles to Mexico City and back?
28. If the Liberty Bell was made entirely of copper, how many atoms
and how many moles of copper would make up the Liberty Bell?
29. A mole of pre-1982 pennies would have a mass how many times
greater than the mass of the Golden Gate Bridge?
30. A mole of Oreo cookies would have a mass of how many times
greater than the mass of the planet Mars?
31. A mole of Chalupas laid end to end would make how many trips
from Taco Bell to Del Taco and back?
32. How many moles of CO2 would it take to fill the volume of
Neptune?
33. One mole of Flaming Hot Cheetos would weigh how many times
more than you?
34. A mole of Twinkies placed end to end would encircle the planet
Jupiter how many times?
35. A mole of quarters laid next to each other could encircle the moon
how many times?
36. A mole of pizzas could go around the perimeter of Antarctica how
many times?
37. How many times more does a mole of pennies weigh than the
statue of liberty?
38. If you stacked a mole of Washington monuments, how many trips
could they make to Mercury and back?