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Cells are microscopic. What does that mean?

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Microscopic has micro in it which is a microscope. A microscope is used to find something really small. So, microscopic means really small.
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Think of a microscope. Microscopic items/beings can only be seen under a microscope. You can also see that they would be very small, because micro = small.

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