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| What microscope do we use in class |
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| compound light microscope |
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| The major parts of a microscope are reffered to as the _____________. |
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| shorest objective (red) with lens that has the magnification of 4x; always start here |
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| maginification of 10x Yellow; used 2nd |
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| longest objective that provides 40x Blue; use last |
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| light sorce of a microscope |
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| light + diphram of microscope |
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| the enlargment of an image |
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| the extent to which a microscope magnifies images. Expressed as a # followed by a multiplication sign Ex:100x |
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| Total Magnification is found by... |
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| multiplying the magnification power of the objective lense by the magnification power of the occular lense |
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| ability of a microscope to show two points that are close together a separate images... it is the shapness or clarity of an image |
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| area the one sees when looking though a microscope; it is commonly drawn as a circle when sketching images in the lab |
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| done by cutting the matterial into small peices and allowing it to saok in a fixative, such as formalin |
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| placing in liquid wax or plastic and allowing it to hadden |
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| slicing thinly, do by a microtome (special Mechine) |
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| dying the specimen so that the sructural details are easier to see |
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| Creating a dry mount slide |
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1. Place a small, flat object in the center of the microscope silde
2. Place the edge of the cover slip to one side of the object and then gentaly lower the slip onto the side so that it covers the object |
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1. Place on drop of water in the center of the microscope slide
2. place the object being viewed in the center of the water drop
3. Touch the edge of the coverslip to the surface of the slide at a 45 degree angle; gentaly lowering it to allow air to escape and to reduce development of air bubbles in the feild of view |
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