Microscope Test Study

Question 1

What did Hans & Zacharias Janssen invent?

Answer 1

first compound microscope using 2 lenses and an eyepiece

Question 2

What did Galileo Galilei invent and observe?

Answer 2

first telescope and observed space

Question 3

What did Robert Hooke observe and discover?

Answer 3

observed a “cork” and discovered little “compartments” called
cells

Question 4

What did Anton Van Leeuwenhoek observe?

Answer 4

observed blood, pond
water, teeth scrapings,
and bacteria using his
own microscope

Question 5

What did Max Knoll/ Ernst Ruska invent?

Answer 5

invented two types of two lens electron microscopes
(TEMs & SEMs) to study the structure (TEMs) and
composition (SEMs) of objects

Question 6

What did Heinrich Rohrer/ Gerd Benning invent?

Answer 6

invented the scanning tunneling microscope (STM)

Question 7

What is a Microscope?

Answer 7

one of the most important tools used to study
living things

Question 8

What is a Simple microscope?

Answer 8

single lens microscope

Question 9

what is a Compound microscope?

Answer 9

microscope with 2 lens

Question 10

what is a Compound light microscope?

Answer 10

uses light to see the specimen

Question 11

what is a Transmission electron microscope (TEM)?

Answer 11

used to study cell structures

Question 12

what is a Scanning electron microscope (SEM)?

Answer 12

used to study an object’s surface

Question 13

what is a Scanning tunneling microscope (STM)?

Answer 13

used to study individual atoms