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Order the four metric prefixes from smallest to largest.

  • A. nano- < milli- < centi- < kilo-
  • B. milli- < nano- < centi- < kilo-
  • C. kilo- < centi- < nano- < milli-
  • D. kilo- < centi- < milli- < nano-
Correct Answer: A

Rationale: The correct order is A: nano- < milli- < centi- < kilo-. The rationale is as follows:
1. Start from the smallest prefix, which is nano- representing 10^-9.
2. Moving up, milli- comes next representing 10^-3, which is larger than nano-.
3. Following milli- is centi- representing 10^-2, larger than milli-.
4. Lastly, kilo- is the largest prefix representing 10^3, making it the largest of the four options.
Therefore, the correct order is nano- < milli- < centi- < kilo-.
The other choices are incorrect because they do not follow the correct increasing order of magnitude for the metric prefixes.