Microscopes

Question 1

What is a microscope?

Answer 1

An instrument used to see objects or structure that cannot be seen with the naked eye.

Question 2

What is the compound microscope?

Answer 2

A microscope which incorporates more than one lens. This means the image magnified by one lens is further magnified by another.

Question 3

What is the function of a microscope?

Answer 3

The function of a microscope is the enhance resolution - enlarge the view of an object.

Question 4

What does the term magnification refer to?

Answer 4

Magnification refers to the size of an image.

Question 5

What is the formula to find total magnification?

Answer 5

Total magnification:

ocular lens X objective lens
(10) y

Question 6

What is the formula to find 1mm in um (fancy microscope letter)

Answer 6

1mm = 1000 um

Question 7

What is the formula to find the High Power (HP) Field of View (FOV)

Answer 7

HP FOV:

LP FOV X LP mag/HP mag

Question 8

What is the formula to estimate the size of cells?

Answer 8

idk figure it out yourself lol