A science writer is working on an article about the tardigrade, a creature that measures less than half a millimeter.

Question

To make the following sentence more precise, what should she use to replace the words very small?

"The tardigrade, also called 'water bear', is very small."

petite
petite

miniature
miniature

little
little

microscopic

Answer 1

The most precise word to replace "very small" in the sentence would be "microscopic."

So the revised sentence would read: "The tardigrade, also called 'water bear,' is microscopic."