BEE 3600 Biology by the Numbers

Memorizing times and sizes of various biological objects

Nucleus of hydrogen atom

1.6 x 10^-15 m

Radius of 1s orbital of the hydrogen atom

5.29 x 10^-11 m

Resolution limit of X-ray crystallography

1 x 10^-10 m

Molecular radius of glucose molecule

3.8 x 10^-10 m

Resolution limit of cryo-electron microscopy

5 x 10^-10 m

Molecular diameter of Aequorea victoria green fluorescent protein (GFP)

4 x 10^-9 m

Molecular diameter of human ribosome

1.5 x 10^-8 m

Molecular radius of SARS-CoV-2 virus

5 x 10^-8 m

Resolution limit of light microscopy

2 x 10^-7 m

Wavelength of green light

5 x 10^-7 m

Mean length of the fast-growing prokaryote Vibrio natriegens

2 x 10^-6 m

Cell diameter of yeast grown in YEPG medium at 60% DO2

5.6 x 10^-6 m

Width of human hair

7.5 x 10^-5 m

Mean length of an adult female hippopotamus

4 x 10^0 m

Largest recorded blue whale

3.36 x 10^1 m

Age is universe

4.3 × 10^17 s

Age of Earth (SAME AS SOLAR SYSTEM)

1.43 × 10^17 s

Age of solar system (SAME AS EARTH)

1.44 × 10^17 s

Doubling Time of E.Coli

1.3 ×10³ s

Doubling Time of Yeast

5 × 10³ s

Shortest molecular vibration time

1 × 10^-14 s

Age of oldest known living organism, the Bristlecone Pine

1.6 × 10^11 s

Time needed for a globular protein to fold

1 × 10^-3 s

Time for the fastest enzyme to hydrate a CO2 molecule

1 ×10^-6 s

The time for one of the slowest enzymes (Rubisco) to fix a CO₂ molecule

1 × 10¹ s

Mean height of human

1.69 m