Microscopy 3 - Units of Conversion

• Convert 3 mm to μm.

  3000
• Convert 560 nm to μm.

  0.560
• Convert 0.78 km to m.

  780m
• Convert 270 μm to nm.

  270000
• Convert 23 mm to nm. 

  23,000,000 (2.3 x 107) nm
• Convert 4.7 μm to m. 

  0.0000047 (4.7 x 10-6) m
• Roughly how large is a bacterial cell?

  1 μm across
• Which is larger, a virus particle or plant cell?

  plant cell
• Which type of microscope allows us to see smaller objects?

  Electron microscope
• How many mm are there in 1 cm?

  10mm
• Convert 4.7 cm to μm.

  47000