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Why is it very unlikely that something smaller than 0.1 micrometers would be considered a living thing?
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∙ 14y ago
Depends on your definition of life and how to determine what is considered living. Check the related link I added to this page, that should answer your question.
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How big is a bacteria compared to a human cell?
The size of a typical bacterial cell is 0.5-5.0 micrometers, a average human cell is 10 micrometers.
What size is a muscle cell?
Smooth muscle is also known as involuntary muscle. The average size of a relaxed smooth muscle cell is 20-500 micrometers.
How do you make something less or smaller?
Something you can make smaller is a bouncy ball because, you can take air out of the bouncy ball.
How are plant animal and bacterial cells alike and different?
The cells of plants and animals are extensively larger than the cells of bacteria. Animal cells average about 10 to 30 micrometers, plant cells between 10 and 100 micrometers while bacterial cells are 2 micrometers.
How big are microbes?
A Microbe versus Animal CellThe large spheres are tick cells. The purple bars and dots are the bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii, which is the causative agent of Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Rickettsia rickettsii is a small bacterium that grows inside the cells of its hosts. These bacteria range in size from 0.2 x 0.5 micrometers to 0.3 x 2.0 micrometers.
Is micrometers smaller than a meter?
Yes, they are.
What is smaller millimeters or micrometers?
micrometres are 1000 times smaller than millimetres
What is smaller micrometers or nanometers?
nanometer is smaller as it is 0.000000001 whereas micrometer is 0.000001
Is nanometers bigger then micrometers?
1 micrometer has 1,000 nanometers in it. So: -- 1 nanometer is smaller than 1 micrometer. -- The number of micrometers in any length is smaller than the number of nanometers in the same length.
What is the size of staphylococci in millimeters?
A staph bacteria is about 1,000 times smaller than a millimeter, so it is measured in micrometers. The actual size is 0.6 micrometers.
What is smaller than millimeters?
micrometers, nanometers, picometers, femtometers, etc.
Is mitochondria bigger than a virus?
Lysosomes are smaller. The mitochondria vary from 0.5-10 micrometers in diameter. The size of lysosomes vary from 0.1-1.2 micrometers.
Is there a measurement smaller than a millimeter?
Of course there are. How else would you measure things smaller than a millimeter? There are Micrometers, nanometers, angstroms and picometers
How big is a bacteria compared to a human cell?
The size of a typical bacterial cell is 0.5-5.0 micrometers, a average human cell is 10 micrometers.
Is a kilometers small than micrometers?
No.This is because micrometer is smaller than the millimeter but the millimeter is much smaller than the kilometers so the correct answer is NO.
Why is 0.2 micron filter considered a sterile filter?
The pore size of a filter allows it to prevent the movement of certain particles depending on the size of those particles. The smaller the size of the pores, the smaller the set of particles which can pass the filter. A filter with 0.2 pore size can prevent most forms of bacteria and some very large viruses from passing through the filter since bacteria tend to range from about 0.1 micrometers to 600 micrometers. Many viruses are less than 0.1 micrometers, however, so a 0.2 micron filter is not nearly as effective for viruses.
What is the diameter of a cell?
it depends on the cell type, but cells are on the order of hundreds of micrometers
