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What is a microscope?A piece of equipment that allows you to look at objects in detail by magnifying them.
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How do you calculate total magnification when looking at a specimen?Eyepiece lens magnification x objective lens magnification
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Why is it important to look at very thin/flat specimen?So light can pass through it so that you can see it clearly
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Why are stains used in microscopy?So that you can see the details more clearly
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What is the lens closest to the specimen called?The objective lens
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What is the name of the lens that you look though?On the stage
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What is a slide?A piece of clear class to put the specimen on
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Name of the thin glass square that is placed on top of the specimen it?A coverslip.
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What does a coverslip do?Flatten the specimen.
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Why can’t you see mitochondria with a light microscope?They are too small. (1-2µm)
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What microscopes give much higher magnifications?Electron microscopes.
