2.1 - Types of Microscopes

Question 1

Magnified

Answer 1

made bigger

Question 2

Specimen

Answer 2

the object being looked at through a microscope

Question 3

Image

Answer 3

what is seen through the microscope

Question 4

Microscopic

Answer 4

describes an object that can only be seen through a microscope

Question 5

Dissect

Answer 5

to cut apart a dead plant or animal to study it

Question 6

Field of view

Answer 6

the amount of the specimen seen through a microscope

Question 7

Magnification

Answer 7

the amount by which the image is magnified compared to the real specimen

Question 8

Micrometre (um)

Answer 8

one-thousandth of a millimetre, one-millionth of a metre

Question 9

Microscope

Answer 9

an instrument used to make things look bigger

Question 10

Light microscope

Answer 10

a microscope that uses light to reveal the image

Question 11

Monocular microscope

Answer 11

a light microscope that has only one ocular lens

Question 12

Ocular lenses

Answer 12

the lens of the microscope closest to your eye, eyepiece

Question 13

Binocular microscope

Answer 13

a light microscope that has two ocular lenses

Question 14

Stereo microscope

Answer 14

a binocular microscope that creates a three-dimensional image

Question 15

Objective lens

Answer 15

the lens of the microscope closet to the stage

Question 16

Electron microscope

Answer 16

A type of microscope that uses beams of electrons to magnify up to a million times

Question 17

TEM

Answer 17

Transmission electron microscopes

Question 18

SEM

Answer 18

Scanning Electron microscopes