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2. Why must the specimen must be very thin when using a light microscope?

  • To allow us to see through the specimen with our naked eye
  • So its easy to place in the microscope
  • To enable the light to travel through the cells
  • So the light can reflect off the specimen

3. What is resolution?

  • How many times the image has been enlarged
  • The clarity of the image
  • The ability to distinguish between two separate points
  • How many pixels the image has

4. Stains are used to....

  • To fix the cells
  • Make different parts of the specimen stand more clearly
  • To kill the cells
  • To make the cells blue

5. An advantage of the light microscope is that...

  • It is portable
  • Most internal cellular structures can be seen
  • It enables observation of a wide range of specimens
  • It has a very high resolution

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