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| microscope | a device for viewing things that are too small |
| microscopic | too small to be seen without a microscope |
| lens | a piece of curved glass or other clear material tht bends light rays |
| lenses | can help make things bigger, clearer, and closer |
| convex lens | curved or rounded on the outside like a bowl |
| concave lens | curved inward like the inside surface of a spoon |
| magnify | to make an object larger so you can see objects better |
| cell | a microscopic structure that is the basic unit of plant and animal life |
| colony | a population of one species of organisms living in a particular place |
| coverslip | a piece of glass or clear plastic that is placed over the specimen on a microscopic slide |
| field of view | the maximum area that is visible through the lens of a microscope |
| organism | a living creature |
| wet mount | holds in place easiest |
| flat slide | would be used for flat objects |
| well slide | would be used to look at different angles or round objects |
| volvox | die with no light |
| volvox | die with birth/adult |
| volvox | lives in colonies |
| eels | live birth |
| eels | six lips |
| eels | heat can kill |
| eels | used as fish bait |
| bleph | pear shaped |
| bleph | found in bodies of water |
| eyepiece | where you look in the microscope to see the object |
| body | to be able to hold onto when looking through the microscope |
| clip | what holds the slide in place |
| stage | where you place the slide |
| mirror | to reflect light so you can see the object better |
| knob | used to move mirror |
| wet mount, flat slide, well slide | types of slides |
