Thursday 4th September
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How are microscopes used to calculate sizes of specimens?
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  1. How is the magnification equation re-arranged to calculate real size and image size?
    • real size = magnification / size of image size of image = magnification / real size
  2. What is the relationship between the prefixes centi, milli, micro and nano?
    • Milli is 10^-3 of a metre, centi is 10^-2 of a metre, micro is 10^-6 of a metre and nano is 10^-9 of a metre.
  3. How do you represent the size of a cell measuring 0.006cm using standard form?
    • 6 x 10 to the power -3 cm.