Using microscopes Flashcards
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What does the stage do on a microscope
A place to put the microscope slide in it
what do the clips do on the stage of a microscope
something to hold the slide in place
what does the lamp below the stage of a microscope
light throught he lamp passes throught the microscope slide
some microscopes may have a mirror beneath the stage and uses light to reflect u to the microscope stage
what do the object lenses do above the stage
they are conrally three types of lences 4x 10x 40x
at the top of the microscope what does the eye peice do
allows the user to look at the microscope thing and also has an eye lens with 10x zoom
what does the course focussing dial do
it focuses on the cell
what does the fine focussing dial do
it sharpens the image
how do you calculate magnification of an image
magnification= size of image
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size of real object
what is the difference between light/electron microscope
light is cheaper and is portable with no training needed but doesn’t have high magnification and depth to the image
electron is expensive and is very big and needs training and has higher magnification and resolving power than light microscopes
what is a chromosome made out of and what is in it
It has DNA in it and carries many genes (a small section of dna in a chromosome)
genes carry instructions for making proteins and determine characteristics of living things
