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How to convert between nm, um, mm, m and km
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What are the different units of length mentioned in the video?
Nanometers
,
micrometers
, millimeters, meters, and kilometers
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Why do we use different units of length?
Each unit is
1,000
times
bigger
or smaller than the one next to it
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How do you convert 6 millimeters to meters?
By dividing
6
by 1000 to get
0.006
meters
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What is the relationship between 6 millimeters and 0.006 meters?
They represent the
same
value, just in
different
units
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How do you convert 0.006 meters to kilometers?
By dividing
0.006
by 1000 to get
0.000006
kilometers
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How do you convert 6 millimeters to micrometers?
By multiplying
6
by 1000 to get
6000
micrometers
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What is the conversion of 6 millimeters to nanometers?
By multiplying
6
by 1,000,000 to get
6,000,000
nanometers
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How do you convert 340 nanometers to millimeters?
By dividing it by
1,000,000
or by converting to
micrometers
first
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What is the conversion of 340 nanometers to micrometers?
By dividing
340
by
1000
to get
0.34
micrometers
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What is the conversion of 0.34 micrometers to millimeters?
By dividing
0.34
by 1000 to get
0.00034
millimeters
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What is the size range of atoms?
Atoms range from about
0.1
to
0.5
nanometers across
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How big are medium-sized molecules like glucose?
About one
nanometer
across
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What is the approximate size of viruses?
Viruses are about
100
nanometers across
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What is the size of small cells like bacteria?
Small cells like bacteria are about 1
micrometer
across
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What is the size range of most animal and plant cells?
Most animal and plant cells are in the
10
to
100
micrometer range
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How wide is human hair?
Human hair is about
100
micrometers wide
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What is the smallest object visible to the naked human eye?
The smallest object visible is about
100 micrometers
wide
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What is the resolution limit of an electron microscope?
An electron microscope can see down to about
0.1
nanometers
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What is the conversion relationship between centimeters, millimeters, and meters?
1 centimeter =
10
millimeters
100
centimeters = 1 meter
To convert from centimeters to meters, divide by
100
To convert from centimeters to millimeters, multiply by 10
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How do you convert 30 centimeters to nanometers?
By multiplying
30
by 10 to get 300 millimeters, then by 1000 to get 300,000 micrometers, and then by 1000 again to get
300 million
nanometers
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What is the final conversion of 30 centimeters to nanometers?
30 centimeters
converts to
300 million
nanometers or
3
×
1
0
8
3 \times 10^8
3
×
1
0
8
nanometers
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