5th grade science -microworlds
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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 |
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