To express the value 0.0000475 centimeters in scientific notation, you need to move the decimal point to the right until you get a number between 1 and 10, and then count how many places you've moved it.
0.0000475 can be written as 4.75 when you move the decimal point 4 places to the right. Since you moved it to the right, this is represented as a negative exponent in scientific notation.
Thus, 0.0000475 centimeters is written as:
\[ 4.75 \times 10^{-5} \text{ centimeters} \]
Therefore, the correct answer is:
C. \( 4.75 \times 10^{-5} \) centimeters