Thursday 4th September
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How are microscopes used to calculate sizes of specimens? |
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- 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
- 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.
- How do you represent the size of a cell measuring 0.006cm using standard form?
- 6 x 10 to the power -3 cm.
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