Cp2- Microscopy Flashcards
1
Q
How to prepare a slide
A
Add drop of clean water Cut up unions and peel off some epidermal tissue with tweezers Place tissue into water on the slide Add a drop of iodine solution(stain) Place coverslip
2
Q
How do you work out the magnification with just the image size and real size
A
Magnification is the image since divided by the real size
3
Q
How do you get from millimetres to micrometers to nanometers
A
Times 1000 each time you want to get smaller
4
Q
What’s the differences of an electron microscope and a light microscope?
A
Electron microscope has higher magnification/resolution and can see sub-cellular structures where as light microscopes can’t
