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Created on: 20-10-23 12:59

what is the meaning of magnification

Magnification in biology refers to the increase in size of an object when it is viewed through a microscope or other optical device.

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what is a light microscope

A light microscope is a tool that can identify, observe and magnify objects by transmitting light through a string of lenses

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what is a electron microscope

Electron Microscopes function like their optical counterparts except that they use a focused beam of electrons instead of photons to "image" the specimen and gain information as to its structure and composition.

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what does higher resolution mean in microscopy

In microscopy, the term “resolution” is used to describe the ability of a microscope to distinguish details of a specimen or sample. In other words, the minimum distance between 2 distinct points of a specimen where they can still be seen by the observer

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in microscopy what is the formula for magnification

size of the image
divided by
magnification times by size of the real image

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name 3 parts of a light microscope

eye piece
objective lens
stage
slide
fine focus
coarse focus
light

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