Microscopy - What it is

This lesson covers:

  1. How light microscopes work
  2. What the terms 'object', 'image', 'magnification', and 'resolution' mean
Diagram of a microscope with a highlighted part.

Which part of the microscope is highlighted on the diagram above?

Objective lenses

Microscope slide

Stage

Eyepiece lens

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Diagram highlighting a specific part of a microscope.

Which part of the microscope is highlighted on the diagram above?

Stage

Microscope slide

Base

Eyepiece lens

Objective lenses

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If you place a human hair on a microscope slide, and look at it under a microscope, is the hair itself considered the object or the image? 

Object

Image

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If you look at cheek cells under a microscope, are the shapes that you see when looking down the microscope the object or the image? 

Object

Image

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Diagram of a microscope with a specific part highlighted.

Which part of the microscope is highlighted on the diagram above?

Objective lenses

Eyepiece lens

Microscope slide

Base

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A microscope is designed to small objects so that they appear larger.

magnify

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When using microscopes, a more detailed image is said to have a higher _____________.

object

resolution

magnification

image

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What is the definition of magnification?

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Diagram highlighting the revolving nosepiece part of a microscope.

Which part of the microscope is highlighted on the diagram above?

Base

Microscope slide

Objective lenses

Eyepiece lens

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What is the pathway of light through a microscope?


Light source ➔ ➔ microscope slide ➔ ➔ lens ➔ body tube ➔ lens ➔ eye

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object
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eyepiece

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Diagram of a microscope with the stage highlighted in blue.

Which part of the microscope is highlighted on the diagram above?

Eyepiece lens

Microscope slide

Base

Stage

Objective lenses

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