Microscopes

Question 1

what do microscopes do?

Answer 1

let you see what can’t be seen with the naked eye

Question 2

what are the different types of microscopes?

Answer 2

light or electron

Question 3

how do light microscopes work?

Answer 3

use light and lenses to form an image of a specimen and magnify it

Question 4

what do light microscopes let us see?

Answer 4

They let us see individual cells and large subcelluar structures eg nuclei

Question 5

what do electron microscopes do?

Answer 5

use electrons to form an image and have higher magnification and higher resolution

Question 6

what do electron microscopes let you see?

Answer 6

smaller things in more detail eg internal structures of mitochondria and chloroplasts

Question 7

what has a magnification?

Answer 7

eyepiece lens and objective lens

Question 8

what is the formula for magnification?

Answer 8

eyepiece lens x objective lens

Question 9

how do you convert micrometers into millimetres?

Answer 9

divide by 1000