| Term | Definition |
|---|
| carry microscope | upright with two hands on the arm and the base |
| clean microscope | with lens paper |
| lower stage | when adding and removing slides, storing microscope |
| micrometer | most cells seen in Biology class will be in this unit |
| Robert Hooke | invented first microscope (1665) |
| cork | "cell" |
| Anton van Leeuwenhoek | looked at pond water under microscope (1675) |
| pond | "animalcules" |
| magnification | ability to enlarge an image (how big it is) |
| resolution | ability to determine between two points; clarity |
| brightness | how much light there is |
| contrast | ability to distinguish between light and dark areas |
| relationship b/w microscope terms | they all work on a scale to see clearly, if one changes then the others need to be adjusted |
| field of view | what you can see |
| depth of field | number of layers you can see |
| increase magnification | decrease resolution, field of view, depth of field, brightness, contrast |
| increase brightness | decrease contrast |
| ocular X Objective | equals total magnification |
| 10 X 4 | 40 |
| 10 X 10 | 100 |
| 10 X 40 | 400 |
| 15 X 4 | 60 |
| compound microscope | light source on bottom |
| TEM | transmission electron microscope (1000 X- 500,000 X |
| Sterescopes | dissecting microscopes |
| SEM | scanning microscope (1000x-100,000x) |
Combine with other sets
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