Put in order of smallest to largest Carbon atom Water molecu

Put in order of smallest to largest.

Carbon atom, Water molecule, Histidine molecule (amino acid), Tryptophan (amino acid), Adenine molecule (nucleotide), Dictyostelium (amoeba), Archaeoglobus fulgidus (archaeon), Plasmid, X chromosome, Hemoglobin molecule (protein), Prion molecule (protein), Glucose molecule, Herpes simplex virus, Bacteriophage MS2 virus, Ribosome Red blood cell, Human sperm cell, E. coli cell, Tasmanian devil facial tumor cell, Saccharomyces cerevisiae (yeast cell), Rickettsia (bacterial cell), Human egg cell, Mitochondrion, Grain of table salt, Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly), Grain of rice

Solution

Carbon atom                                      - an atom

Water molecule                                  - a molecule (H2O, molar mass= 18 amu)

Histidine molecule (amino acid),        - a molecule (molar mass= 155.15 amu)

Glucose molecule                               - a molecule (molar mass= 180 amu)

Tryptophan (amino acid),                   - a molecule (molar mass= 204.22 amu)

Adenine molecule (nucleotide)          - a molecule (molar mass= 507.18 amu)

Prion molecule (protein)                    - molar mass= 35- 36 kDa)

Hemoglobin molecule (protein)         - molar mass= 89.6 kDa)

Ribosome                                           - molar mass of 70 S= 134 kDa)

Bacteriophage MS2 virus (3569 nucleotides in ssRNA genome; Virion size 27.6 nm)

Herpes simplex virus (Genome size 153000 nucleotides for HSP I, Virion size 125nm)

Plasmid                                               - Contain few to some million nucleotides

X chromosome                                   - 155 million nucleotides

Mitochondrion                                   - An organelle

Archaeoglobus fulgidus (archaeon) - An archaea (usually smaller than eubacteria )

Rickettsia (bacterial cell)                     - A eubacteria smaller than E. coli

E. coli cell                                            - (average cell volume 0.3 – 3 um³ )   -

Human sperm cell                              - (average cell volume 30 um³ )

Red blood cell                                     - (average cell volume 100 um³ )

Saccharomyces cerevisiae (yeast cell)- (average cell volume 30 – 100 um³ )

Tasmanian devil facial tumor cell       - (average cell volume 180 um³ )

Dictyostelium (amoeba)                     - (average one cell volume 900 um³ )

Human egg cell                                  - (average cell volume 4000000 um³ )

Grain of table salt                               - minute (powdery) grain

Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly)    - An insect, size of a small rice grain

Grain of rice                                        - Many rice grains are much larger than the fruit fly.