Here are the key steps to solve this problem:
1) Bacteria typically double in number every 20 minutes at room temperature.
2) In 7 hours there are 7 * 12 = 84 periods of 20 minutes.
3) Each period of 20 minutes the original bacteria doubles. After n periods of doubling, the number of bacteria is 2^n times the original amount.
4) Therefore, after 84 periods of doubling, the number of bacteria is 2^84 = 2,097,152 times the original 1 bacteria.
So the number of bacteria that will grow from 1 bacteria left at room temperature for 7 hours is 2,097,152 bacteria.