Required Practicals - Microscopy Flashcards
What are the materials needed for the microscopy practical?
-microscope
-a slide of plant/animal cells
What is the objective of the microscopy practical?
To use a light microscope to observe, draw and label cells.
What is the name of the part of the microscope that you look through?
The eyepiece
What are the names of the two lenses in the microscope?
High power and low power objective
What is the name of the part of the microscope that the slide of cells stands on?
The stage
How do you bring the cells into focus? (Microscopy Practical)
Slowly turn the coarse knob to increase the distance between the objective lens and the slide until cells come into view.
What power lens do you start with? Which one do you end with? (Microscopy Practical)
Start with the x4 lens, increase to the x40 and then the x400
What do you do to get results from the practical? (Microscopy)
Draw a diagram of the cells pictured