Making Things Bigger

Making Things Bigger:
Using Microscopes

1. What does 'magnified' mean?

2. What is a microscope and how does it help scientists?

3. What is a specimen?

4. What is a light microscope?

5. What is an image (in scientific terms)?

6. What is the difference between a LIGHT microscope and a BINOCULAR microscope?

7. What are the different parts of the microscope and what do they do?

Eyepiece and Objective Lens

Stage

Mirror/Lamp

Handle

Fine Focus Knob and Course Focus Knob

8. What is a Stereo Microscope?

9. What is a dissection?

10. What is magnification?

11. What is a micrometre?

12. What is an electron microscope and what is it used for?

13. What are the 2 types of electron microscopes and what do they stand for?

14. Comparing TEM and SEM microscopes...

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Year 8 Sciences Flashcards on Making Things Bigger, created by Jannat Abbas on 02/02/2019.