Cell size
- Created by: melissa56
- Created on: 12-10-14 11:25
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- Cell size and magnification
- The meter
- people are familiar with this and can visualize it
- divided into 1000mm
- cells are around 20-40 millionths of a meter (0.00002-0.00004m)
- cells are measured in um (micrometer)
- cells are around 20-40 millionths of a meter (0.00002-0.00004m)
- divided into 1000mm
- people are familiar with this and can visualize it
- The micrometer
- one mm is divided into 1000 equal divisions, each of one micrometer.
- one micrometer is one millionth of a meter
- one mm is divided into 1000 equal divisions, each of one micrometer.
- The nano meter
- one micrometer is divided into 1000 equal parts
- each of one nm
- one nm is one thousand millionths of a meter
- cell surface membranes are about 10nm wide.
- ribsomes about 20nm
- viruses 40-100nm
- one micrometer is divided into 1000 equal parts
- The meter
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