B1 microscopy Flashcards
1
Q
What can microscopes do
A
Allow us to see things we can’t see with the naked eye
2
Q
What do light microscopes do
A
They use the light and lenses to form an image of a Specimen and make them look bigger so that we can see the individual cells and large sub-cellular structures
3
Q
What do electron microscopes do
A
They use electrons instead of light to form an image and they have higher resolution and magnification compared to a light microscope
4
Q
What can electron microscopes do that light microscopes can’t
A
Let us see smaller things in more detail like the internal structures of mitochondria and chloroplasts or even smaller things like ribosomes and plasmids
5
Q
How do you calculate the magnification
A
Magnification = image size/real size
