If you can only increase one of the following, which would you increase to observe more details of the microscopic specimen?

Fill in the following blanks.

a. 1 μm = ______ m

b. 1= _______ 10⁻⁹ m

c. 1 μm = ______ nm

Calculate the total magnification of the nucleus of a cell being observed through a compound light microscope with a 10x ocular lens and an oil immersion lens.

The maximum magnification of a compound microscope is (a) ________; that of an electron microscope, (b) ________. The maximum resolution of a compound microscope is (c) ________; that of an electron microscope, (d) ________. One advantage of a scanning electron microscope over a transmission electron microscope is (e) ________.

Assume you are asked to view and draw all samples at a final magnification of 1000x. If the ocular lens is 10x, what objective lens should be in place as you draft your drawings?

A nanometer is _______ than a micrometer.

a. 10 times larger

b. 10 times smaller

c. 1000 times larger

d. 1000 times smaller

Resolution is best described as the ____________.

a. Ability to view something that is small

b. Ability to magnify a specimen

c. Ability to distinguish between two adjacent objects

d. Difference between two waves of electromagnetic radiation

Curved glass lenses _______light.

a. Refract

b. Bend

c. Magnify

d. Both a and b