For smaller volumes, the decilitre is used: 10 dl = one litre. For smaller volumes, the centilitre is used: 100 cl = one litre. For smaller volumes, the millilitre is used: 1000 ml = one litre….

The SI unit of volume is the cubic meter (m 3 ), which is the volume occupied by a cube that measures 1 m on each side. This very large volume is not very convenient for typical use in a chemistry laboratory. A liter (L) is the volume of a cube that measures 10 cm (1 dm) on each side.

Since the liter is 3 steps to the right from the kiloliter, you would multiply the number of kiloliters by 10, 3 times. For example, if you had 30 kiloliters, and you wanted to convert that into liters, you would multiply 30 x 10 x 10 x 10 = 30,000 liters.

Convert 3,085 milligrams to grams. One gram is 1,000 times larger than a milligram, so you can move the decimal point in 3,085 three places to the left.

Weight/Mass

Picogram (pg) is a derived metric measurement unit of mass. The picogram is equal to one trillionth of a gram (10-12g)

Following through on the same design, it is now possible to weigh living viruses down to 0.85 attograms, 0.85 x 10-18 grams; that levels out to less than a millionth of a trillionth of a gram!

And viruses are smaller again — they’re about a hundredth the size of our cells. So we’re about 100,000 times bigger than our cells, a million times bigger than bacteria, and 10 million times bigger than your average virus!

Size. Bacteria are giants when compared to viruses. The smallest bacteria are about 0.4 micron (one millionth of a meter) in diameter while viruses range in size from 0.02 to 0.25 micron. This makes most viruses submicroscopic, unable to be seen in an ordinary light microscope.

Viruses are not made out of cells, they can’t keep themselves in a stable state, they don’t grow, and they can’t make their own energy. Even though they definitely replicate and adapt to their environment, viruses are more like androids than real living organisms.