Cells - Microscope/sizes

Question 1

Nucleus size

Answer 1

10-20 µm in diameter

Question 2

Nuclear pore size

Answer 2

40-100 nm in diameter

Question 3

Mitochondria width/diameter

Answer 3

0.5-1 µm

Question 4

Mitochondria length

Answer 4

3-10 µm

Question 5

Chloroplast length

Answer 5

5-10 µm

Question 6

Chloroplasts diameter

Answer 6

2-3 µm

Question 7

Lysosome size

Answer 7

0.1-1 µm

Question 8

Width of cell surface membrane

Answer 8

7nm (0.007 µm)

Question 9

Size of ribosomes in 70S prokaryotes, mitochondria and chloroplasts

Answer 9

18nm

Question 10

Size of ribosomes in 80S eukaryotes

Answer 10

20-30nm

Question 11

Prokaryote size

Answer 11

0.5-5 µm

Question 12

Red blood cell size

Answer 12

7 µm

Question 13

Capillary width

Answer 13

7 µm

Question 14

Prokaryote diameter

Answer 14

1-5 µm

Question 15

Max magnification of electron microscope

Answer 15

2.5 x 10^5

Question 16

Always use eyepiece of …

Answer 16

5x

Question 17

Always use objective lens of …

Answer 17

X10

Question 18

Eukaryote diameter

Answer 18

Up to 40 µm

Question 19

Viruses size

Answer 19

20-400 nm

Question 20

How many times smaller are viruses to bacteria (≈)

Answer 20

50x

Question 21

Centriole size

Answer 21

20-30 nm

Question 22

Anything bigger than … can’t be seen in a light microscope

Answer 22

200nm / 2µm

Question 23

Anything bigger than … can’t be seen in an electron microscope

Answer 23

0.5nm / 0.0005µm