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Centi
A prefix meaning one hundredth of a unit
Milli
A prefix meaning one thousandth of a unit
Micro
A prefix meaning one millionth of a unit
Nano
A prefix meaning one thousand-millionth of a unit
Light microscope
Equipment that uses light and lenses to magnify objects
Standard form
A system where numbers are expressed as decimals between 1 and 10 and multiplied by a power of 10
Order of magnitude
A number to the power of 10 which is used to make comparisons of size
Magnification
How much an image appears to have increased in size by
Relative size of a prokaryotic cell
A cell which is 100 times bigger than a virus
Relative size of a eukaryotic cell
A cell which is 10-100 times bigger than a bacterial cell
10^1
10 times bigger
10^2
100 times bigger
10^3
1000 times bigger
10^-1
10 times smaller
10^-2
100 times smaller
