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| the quality of making an image appear larger than it actually is |
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| the measure of the clarity of an object |
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| Compound Light Microscope |
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Uses 2 lenses: objective lens: collects light- travels to lens closest to viewers eye
Ocular lens: what the viewer looks through |
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Advantages of the compound light microscope |
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| see smaller objects and the objects can remain alive |
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| used to study small structures inside cells |
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| Disadvantage of the Electron microscope |
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| Transmission EM advantages |
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| can show internal structure in detail; a type of electron microscope |
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| shows 3D images; a type of electron microscope |
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| Scanning Tunneling Microscope |
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| uses a needle like probe to measure differences in voltage caused by electrons |
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| Advantages of the scanning tunneling microscope |
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| can view individual atoms and living organisms |
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| provides light for viewing the image |
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| what you look through, magnifies image my 10X |
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| moves stage slightly to bring image into sharp focus |
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| Further magnifies image my 10X |
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| supports slide containing specimen to be viewed |
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| controls the amount of light passing through slide |
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| further magnifies image by 40X |
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| maintains correct distance between eyepiece and objectives |
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| moves stage up and down in large increments |
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| holds slide in position during viewing |
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| observed cork in 1600 and saw lots of little "boxes", called these boxes cells |
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| viewed pond water through a microscope in 1665; discovered living creatures in the water |
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| controls cell functions and stores DNA |
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| region inside the nucleus where ribosomes are partially assembled |
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| double membrane that surrounds the nucleus |
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| the gel like interior of a cell; where all organelles are held |
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