| Question | Answer |
| compound light microscope | uses two lenses and light to shine through a specimen. Maximum magnification 1000X |
| scanning electron microscope | Uses a beam of electrons to produce an image of the surface of a specimen |
| transmission electron microscope | uses a beam of electrons to produce an image of a thin slice through a specimen |
| metric system | a system of measurement based on the power of 10. |
| stage | a platform that holds a slide |
| objective lens | located on the nose piece of the microscope, this magnifies the specimen as light passes through it. |
| eyepiece | this magnifies the specimen 10 times and is also known as the ocular. |
| light source | A bulb and on old microscopes a mirror that provides light for viewing an image. |
| magnification | an increase in the apparent size of an object or specimen |
| base unit | in the metric system there are 7 of these;length, mass, volume, etc. |
| nosepiece | _A structure that holds the objective lenses. |
| resolution | the power to show details clearly |