Powers of Ten ----Plants

Earth Scale: 108 meters = 100 Mm = 100 megameters MSP Carbon Teaching Experiment

The western Hemisphere of the Earth Scale: 107 meters = 10 Mm = 10 megameters MSP Carbon Teaching Experiment

Southeastern United States Scale: 106 meters = 1 Mm = 1 megameter MSP Carbon Teaching Experiment

Franklin countries in Florida Scale: 105 meters = 100 km = 100 kilometers MSP Carbon Teaching Experiment

Southwest Tallahassee, Florida Scale: 104 meters = 10 km = 10 kilometers MSP Carbon Teaching Experiment

The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory Scale: 103 meters = 1 km = 1 kilometer MSP Carbon Teaching Experiment

Nearby trees, the lake and laboratory roof Scale: 102 meters = 100 meters MSP Carbon Teaching Experiment

Top of large tree Scale: 101 meter = 10 meters MSP Carbon Teaching Experiment

tree branch with leaves Scale: 100 meters = 1 meter: Light takes about 3 nanoseconds to cross this picture MSP Carbon Teaching Experiment

tree leaves at actual size Scale: 10-1 meters = 0.1 meter = 10 centimeters MSP Carbon Teaching Experiment

Cells on leaf surface vertical view cutaway view Scale: 10-3 meters = 1 mm = 1 millimeter MSP Carbon Teaching Experiment

Individual leaf cells Scale: 10-5 meters = 10 µm = 10 micrometers MSP Carbon Teaching Experiment

Mesophyll Cells Scale: 10-4 meters = 100 µm = 100 micrometers MSP Carbon Teaching Experiment

Cell wall Scale: 10-5 meters = 10 µm = 10 micrometers MSP Carbon Teaching Experiment

microfibril Scale: 10-6 meters = 1µm = 1micrometers MSP Carbon Teaching Experiment

Cellulose Scale: 10-8 meters = 10nm = 10narometers MSP Carbon Teaching Experiment

Glucose C6H12O6 Scale: 10-9 meters = 1nm = 1nanometers MSP Carbon Teaching Experiment