Biology-B1-Microscopy+Practical
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What do light microscopes use to view a specimen?
light
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What does an electron microscope use to form an image?
electrons
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How many centimetres are in a metre?
100cm
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How many millimetres are in a centimetre?
10mm
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How many micrometres are in a metre?
1,000,000um
(million)
(million)
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How many nanometres are in a metre?
1,000,000,000nm
(billion)
(billion)
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what are the disadvantages of a light microscope?
limited magnification
limited resolution
limited resolution
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What are the advantages of an electron microscope?
greater magnification
greater resolution
greater resolution
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What is the resolution?
how clear an image is
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What is the magnification?
how far you can zoom in on an image
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What is the equation for magnification?
magnification=image size/actual size
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What is the equation for image size?
image size=actual size X magnification
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What is the equation for actual size?
actual size=image size/magnification
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What is an acronym for this equation?
I
AM
AM
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PRACTICAL
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What is the first stage of this practical?
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What is the first stage of this practical?
preparing the slide
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Firstly, add a drop of _____ onto the _____ of the clean glass slide?
add a drop of water onto the middle of the clean glass slide
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Then cut up an ______ into _____ pieces and use _____ to peel off _ layer(s) of ________ tissue?
cut up an onion into small pieces and use tweezers to peel off 1 layer of epidermal tissue
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Why is a thin layer of epidermal tissue used?
to help see individual cells and allow light to penetrate through
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Then place the ______ _____ onto the slide where the _____ is.
place the epidermal tissue onto the slide where the water is
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Add a drop of ______ solution to ______ and add _____ to the structures in the onion?
add a drop of iodine solution to highlight and add colour to
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Place a _____ ____ over the slide by slowly lowering it?
place a cover slip
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Try not to get any ?
air bubbles
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As this would?
obstruct the view
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The second stage of this is to?
use the light microscope
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Firstly ____ the slide onto the ____?
clip the slide onto the stage
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Then select the ______ powered ______ _____?
select the lowest powered objective lens
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Use the _____ ______ ___ to move the stage up just _____ the objective lens?
use the coarse adjustment knob to move the stage up just below the objective lens
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Look down in the _______ and adjust the ______ ______ ______ until image is roughly in focus
Look down in the eyepiece and adjust the coarse adjustment knob until image is roughly in focus
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Then use the _____ knob to get a more ____ ___.
use the focus knob to get a more clear image
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If we want to see the slide in a greater magnification what do we do?
swap to a higher powered objective lens
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What is the third stage?
Drawing the observations
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You must use a ?
pencil
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You must not ?
sketch
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Your drawing must be in ?
proportion
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At the end you should also include a what and do what to the diagram?
include a title and label the diagram
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How do you convert from cm to mm?
x10
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How do you convert from mm to micrometres?
x1000
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micrometres to nanometers?
x1000
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
What does an electron microscope use to form an image?
Back
electrons
Card 3
Front
How many centimetres are in a metre?
Back
Card 4
Front
How many millimetres are in a centimetre?
Back
Card 5
Front
How many micrometres are in a metre?
Back
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