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AB CH.1 Section 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Compound light microscope | a microscope that uses light to illuminate a specimen that is magnified by 2 lenses |
| Objective lenses | the part of a compound light microscope that is located directly above the specimen and that magnifies the image of hte specimen |
| Nosepiece | the part of a compound light microscope that holds the objective lenses in place above the specimen |
| Transmission electron microscope (TEM) | a microscope that transmits a beam of electrons through a very thin slice of specimen and that can magnify 200,000 times |
| Eye piece (ocular lens) | the part of a compound light microscope that magnifies an image an image, usually ten times, aka ocular lens |
| Stage | a platform of a compound light microscope that supports the slide holding the specimen |
| Light source | a light bulb that allows light for using the image it can be a mirror or incandescent |
| Magnification | the increase of an objects apparent size by using lenses or mirrors |
| Resolution scanning elecetron | in microscopes, the abilty to form images with fine detail |
| Microscope (SEM) | a compound light microscope |
| Base unit | one of the fundamental units of measurement that descrides length, mass, time, and other quantites and from which other units are derived |
| Metric System | a decimal-based standard system of measurement that is used by scientists,; similar to Systeme Internationlae |
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