Microscopes

Question 1

What is resolution?

Answer 1

The smallest distance between two points that can still be seen as two points

Question 2

what is total magnification?

Answer 2

objective magnification x eyepiece magnification

Question 3

what is the formulae for Actual Size?

Answer 3

Image size/ Magnification

Question 4

what is the formulae for Image size?

Answer 4

actual size x magnification

Question 5

what is the formulae for magnification?

Answer 5

image size/ actual size

Question 6

What is the measurements from smallest to largest?

Answer 6

smallest -picometres (pm), nanometres (nm), micrometres (um), millimetres (mm)- largest

Question 7

How many nanometres is in one micrometre?

Answer 7

1 um = 1000 nm

Question 8

What is the similarities of Hooke’s First light microscope and a new modern microscope?

Answer 8

They both use light and have two lenses inside

Question 9

a microscope has a x10 objective lens and a x3 eyepiece lens. What is the magnification?

Answer 9

x30 magnification

Question 10

How to set up a slide?

Answer 10

1) Take a sample
2) Put it on the slide
3) Add iodine
4) Place a slip over it
5) Put it on the stage and clip it down