Log Basics
This is the inverse of an exponential function.
What is a logarithmic function?
This logarithmic scale measures how acidic or basic a solution is
what is the pH scale?
An earthquake that measures 6 is this many times more intense than one that measures 5.
What is 10 times?
pH stands for this.
What is potential of hydrogen?
This scale measures the loudness of sound
What is the decibel scale?
The value of log₁₀(100) is this.
What is 2?
This scale measures earthquake strength using logs
what is the richter scale?
The formula used for the Richter scale is log(I/I₀), where I is this.
What is the intensity of the earthquake?
The formula to find pH is this.
What is –log[H⁺]?
A sound that is 10 dB louder is this many times more intense.
what is 10 times?
The base in the expression log₂(8).
What is 2?
Logs are used to compress this property of sound
A Richter scale reading of 3 corresponds to this value of intensity if I₀ = 1.
What is 1,000?
A solution with pH 3 has this many times more H⁺ than one with pH 5.
What is 100 times more?
Decibels use this type of math
What are logarithms?
log₅(1) always equals this.
What is 0?
Logs help model the rate at which this biological process occurs over time
what is enzyme activity?
A magnitude 7 quake is this many times more intense than a magnitude 4.
What is 1,000 times?
Enzyme activity is very sensitive to this.
What is pH level?
the formula for decibels is 10 x log(l/l0) where l0 is this.
what is the reference intensity?
log₃(81) equals this.
What is 4?
logarithms are used in finance to calculate this over time.
The Richter scale is logarithmic because earthquake energy increases this way.
What is exponentially?
A pH of 7 means a solution is this.
What is neutral?
A sound that is 100 times more intense has this decibel increase
What is 20 decibels?