Slide Preparation

Question 1

Slide Prep - 1) What do you add a few drops of?

Answer 1

water to blank microscope slide

Question 2

Slide Prep - 2) What do you use forcep / tweezer for?

Answer 2

to pick up sample e.g. epidermal layer of onion tissue

Question 3

Slide Prep - 3) What should the sample be so that light can shine through?

Answer 3

thin

Question 4

Slide Prep - 4) What should you place onto microscope slide?

Answer 4

the sample

Question 5

Slide Prep - 5) What do you use a pipette for?

Answer 5

to add a stain if required

Question 6

Slide Prep - 5) What do you use a pipette for?

Answer 6

to add a stain if required

Question 6

Slide Prep - 5) What do you use a pipette for?

Answer 6

to add a stain if required

Question 7

Slide Prep - 6) What do you place?

Answer 7

a cover slip over the top

Question 8

Slide Prep - 7) What do you put the slide on?

Answer 8

the microscope stage

Question 9

Slide Prep - 8) What do you lastly adjust?

Answer 9

magnification

Question 10

Staining - 1) What do you identify?

Answer 10

cellular components e.g. organelles

Question 11

Staining - 2) What do you identify different types of?

Answer 11

cell types in a tissue

Question 12

Staining - 3) What can we only see parts of?

Answer 12

the sample that absorbs light / electrons

Question 13

Staining - 4) What do stains make parts of the cell do?

Answer 13

absorb more light -> so it becomes more visible

Question 14

Staining - 5) What do you use different stains for?

Answer 14

different cells / tissues