• Question: How many plant cells are in plant per 1cm3 (cubed)?

    Asked by TerBium to Christie, Dan, David, Dawn, Sian on 21 Jun 2016.
    • Photo: Christie Waddington

      Christie Waddington answered on 21 Jun 2016:

      This is actually a tough question to answer because cells can change shape and volume. There are also many types of plant cells that do not all look the same such as the xylem (transports water), phloem (transports food) and epidermis (outer cover of leaves and roots).

      If it helps, they estimate there to be 5 – 6 billion red blood cells in 1cm3!

    • Photo: Sian Thomas

      Sian Thomas answered on 21 Jun 2016:

      And I am all with Christie in that this is hard. Blood is easier because the cells are all similar in size.

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