A centrifuge can be used to separate substances based on their size/weight. You place a mixture of viruses, bacteria, and human red blood cells in a test tube and centrifuge it. The smallest/lightest structures will end up toward the top of the tube, and the largest/heaviest structures will be toward the bottom. From top to bottom in your tube, what will you expect to find?

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A centrifuge can be used to separate substances based on their size/weight. You place a mixture of viruses, bacteria, and human red blood cells in a test tube and centrifuge it. The smallest/lightest structures will end up toward the top of the tube, and the largest/heaviest structures will be toward the bottom. From top to bottom in your tube, what will you expect to find?
Choose one:
A.  	red blood cells, bacteria, virus
B.  	virus, red blood cells, bacteria
C.  	bacteria, red blood cells, virus
D.  	virus, bacteria, red blood cells

GPT 3.5 · Answer

B. virus, red blood cells, bacteria