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Gr 6 Microscope
Microscope Parts
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Always start with the microscope set in ________ position. | Low |
| What is the first adjustment knob you should turn? The second? | First turn the COARSE adjustment knob, then the FINE adjustment knob for all power levels on the microscope |
| ORGANISM | -A living thing |
| MICROSCOPE | -an instrument that makes objects appear larger |
| SIMPLE MICROSCOPE | -a microscope with one lense |
| COMPOUND MICROSCOPE | -a microscope with two lenses |
| SPECIMEN | -What is being observed or viewed |
| ELECTRON MICROSCOPE | -A microscope that uses a beam of electrons to magnify an image |
| What are the two lenses of a microscope? | -The eyepiece and the objective |
| How do you find the total magnification of a compound microscope setting? | -Multiply the eyepiece times the objective |
| Robert Hooke | -Discovered "tiny rectangular rooms" and named them "cells" while examining a thin slice of cork |
| Anton van Leeuwenhoek | -Discovered one-celled organisms and named them "animalcules" while examining water, teeth/gum scrapings, and water under a microscope |
| RESOLUTION | -the sharpness of an image produced by the microscope |
| FIELD OF VIEW | -the part of the specimen that can be seen when you look into the eyepiece |
| The greatest field of view is produced by which power? | Low |
| The most detail is produced by which power | High |
| As magnification increases, the field of view | Decreases |
| when you move a slide in one direction, the specimen is seen in the eyepiece as moving the (opposite or same) direction? | Opposite |
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