Magnification

Question 1

What is the formula to find magnification?

Answer 1

Magnification= image size / real size

Question 2

What is the formula to find total magnification?

Answer 2

Total magnification= eyepiece lens magnification x objective lens magnification

Question 3

What does resolution mean?

Answer 3

How well a microscope distinguishes between two points that are close together.

Question 4

What does a higher resolution mean?

Answer 4

The image can be seen more clearly and in more detail

Question 5

When were light microscopes invented?

Answer 5

1950s

Question 6

How do light microscopes work?

Answer 6

They work by passing light through the specimen. They let us see things like nuclei and chloroplasts and we can also use them to study living cells

Question 7

When were electron microscopes invented

Answer 7

1930s

Question 8

How do electron microscopes work?

Answer 8

They use electrons. They have higher magnification and resolution than light microscopes.
They let us see much smaller things in detail
Allows greater understanding of how cells work and sub cellular structure