Cell Size

AP Biology· difficulty 2/5

virus ~50 nm bacterium ~1 μm animal cell ~10-30 μm

Approximate ordering by size (smallest to largest) is

  • A

    Bacterium, virus, animal cell

  • B

    Animal cell, bacterium, virus

  • C

    Virus, bacterium, animal cell

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  • D

    Same size

Explanation

Virus (<del>50 nm) << bacterium (</del>1 µm) << eukaryotic cell (~10 µm). Each scale step is roughly 10× larger.

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