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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a microscope that uses light to illuminate a specimen that is then magnified by two lenses | compound light microscope |
| the part of a compound light microscope that magnifies an image, usually 10 times, also called an ocular lens | eyepiece |
| the part of a compound light microscope that is located directly above the specimen and that magnifies the image of the specimen | objective lens |
| a platform of a compound light microscope that supports the slide holding the specimen | stage |
| a light bulb that provides light for viewing the image; it can be either light reflected with a mirror or an incandescent light from a small lamp | light source |
| the increase of an object's apparent size by using lenses or mirrors | magnification |
| the part of a compound light microscope that holds the objective lenses in place above the specimen | nosepiece |
| in microscopes, the ability to form images with fine detail | resolution |
| a microscope that produces an enlarged, three-dimensional image of an object by using a beam of electrons rather than light (abbreviation, SEM) | scanning electron microscope (SEM) |
| a microscope that transmits a beam of electrons through a very thin slice of specimen and that can magnify up to 200,000 times (abbreviation, TEM) | transmission electron microscope (TEM) |
| a decimal-based standard system of measurement that is used by scientists; similar to the Systeme Internationale (abbreviation, SI) | metric system |
| one of the fundamental units of measurement that describes length, mass, time, and other quantities and from which other units are derived | base unit |