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How Big Are Things?
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nano
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micro
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meter
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kilo
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Mega
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Giga
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Tera
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Peta
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Exa
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| nanometer's Room - looking at the entire room |
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look at a sheet of graph paper |
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| galaxy | 21 | |
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| 20 19 | ||
| local stars | 18 | |
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| 17 16 | ||
| between | 15 | |
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| 14 13 | ||
| E's orbit | 12 | |
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| 11 10 | ||
| sun | 9 | |
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| 8 7 | ||
| texas | 6 | |
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| 5 4 | ||
| hood | 3 | |
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| 2 1 | ||
| you | 0 | |
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| salt grain | -3 | |
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| bacteria | -6 | |
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| atom | -9 |
1 nm 10 nm 100 nm
1000 nm (1 um)
bacteria ~1000 nm |
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virus 
wavelengths
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x-ray
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| Near Infrared | |||
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. . . (to ~3 um) |
| Mid-Infrared | |||
bacteria infested with viruses
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