Components of cells and their sizes
Not what you're looking for?
Take the following list of eight cells, or components of cells, and: (a) list them in order from largest to smallest; (b) say whether each is best viewed with the naked eye, light microscope, electron microscope, or atomic force microscope; (c) give an approximate size with the appropriate units (micometers, nanometers, etc.).
Here is the list: E. coli, amino acid alanine, ribosome, yeast, red blood cell, ligase enzyme, virus.
Purchase this Solution
Solution Summary
This solution helps with a problem regarding components of cells and their sizes.
Solution Preview
Yeast: ~40um, light microscope
RBC: ~6-8um, light microscope feasible, electron microscope reveals details of shape
E. coli: ~2-3um, same as RBC
Virus: ~0.2um, electron microscope ...
Purchase this Solution
Free BrainMass Quizzes
The Plant Body
This quiz will test your knowledge of the anatomy of a common plant.
BIOLOGY
Basics in biology
Comfort Measures For Labor
Are you ready to doula someone through labor?
Bacterial Genetics
This quiz test your knowledge of the genetics of bacteria.
Nerves and the Nervous System
This quiz will assess your knowledge of the nervous system and how nerves send signals around the body.