LAB 3

Question 1

Designed to study entire objects in three dimensions at low magnification

Answer 1

Stereomicroscope or Dissecting Microscope

Question 2

Used for examining small or thinly sliced sections of objects under higher magnification than that of the stereomicroscope

Answer 2

Compound Light Microscope

Question 3

The use of two sets of lenses: the ocular lenses located near the eyes and the objective lenses located near the object

Answer 3

Compound

Question 4

Analogous to the compound light microscope

Answer 4

Transmission Electron Microscope

Question 5

Analogous to the dissecting light microscope

Answer 5

Scanning Electron Microscope

Question 6

The minimum distance between two objects at which they can still be seen, or resolved, as two separate objects.

Answer 6

Resolution

Question 7

The area from top to bottom that comes into focus while slowly focusing up and down with the microscope’s fine-adjustment knob.

Answer 7

Depth of field