Unit C: Section 1.0 Flashcards
Who invented the microscope?
Hans and Zacharias Janssen
What was the first compound microscope comprised of?
Used 2 lenses, an eyepiece and an objective lens
What is a compound microscope?
Using more than one lens to magnify an object
What was the magnifying power of the Janssens microscope?
20X
Who created the second microscope ever?
Robert Hooke
What was different between the Janssens and Hooke microscope?
The Hooke microscope used 3 lenses and the Janssens microscope used 2 lenses
Describe how the Hooke microscope worked
Used three lenses. Illuminated by a beam of light concentrated on a specimen by passing the light through a water-filled flask
What was the added lense in the Hooke microscope?
A “field lens” that passes light rays in a straight. Allowed for better conservation of light
What did Robert Hooke publish?
A micrographia containing 38 illustrations of plant, animal, and non-living objects that he viewed through a microscope
What were the unusual properties of cork?
- Lightweight
- Could float on water
- Firm,
What were the air pockets in corks referred to as?
Cells because they resembled the places that monks lived in
What did the cork consist of?
Air pockets surrounded by a thin mesh of fibre. They were actually remnants of living cells
Who created the single lens microscope?
Antonio van Leeuwenhoek
What did the single lens microscope resemble?
A magnifying glass
What did Antonio van Leeuwenhoek see under his microscope?
Movement of single cells known as bacteria, sperm, and single cell protoza’s
How were the single cells observed by Leeuwenhoek described as?
Animalcules. Individual Free living cells surviving as independant systems
What were the sizes of Leeuwenhoek’s microscopes?
Small, about the size of a palm and held directly to the eye
What was the magnification of Leeuwenhoek’s microscopes?
250X
Why did Leeuwenhoek have lots of success?
They produced clear images without a halo light
What caused the blurry images within a microscope?
-Result of light being scattered as it passed through the different lenses
What did achromatic lenses do?
- Controlled the halo of light
- Improve detail
What are the parts of the microscope?
- Eyepiece/ocular lens
- Coarse adjustment knob
- Fine adjustment know
- Revolving nosepiece
- Objective lenses
- Stage
- Stage clips
- Diaphragm
- Lamp or mirror
- Arm
- Base
What was the function of the eyepiece?
To look through or observe specimen
What was the function of the Coarse adjustment knob?
To move stage up or down
What was the function of the Fine adjustment knob?
To bring the object into a sharper focus and produce a clear sharp image
What was the function of the Revolving nosepiece?
To change magnification lens
What is the function of the objective lens?
To increase magnification
What was the function of the Stage?
To hold/support specimen
What was the function of the Stage Clips?
To hold slide in place
What was the function of the Diaphragm?
Adjust diameter of the opening
What was the function of the Lamp or Mirror?
To direct light towards a specimen
What was the function of the arm and base?
To provide support when holding
What is Spontaneous generation?
The idea that life could emerge spontaneously from non-living matter