Comparing Microscopes

Who was the person who used his microscope to observe a thin slice of cork, and concluded that the cork was made up of cells?

• Robert Hooke
• Bill Nye
• Matthias Schleiden
• Rudolf Virchow

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True or False: An electron microscope gives a higher resolution than a light microscope.

• True

• False

• Only in certain conditions

True or False: You cannot see the nucleus of a cheek cell with a light microscope.

• True

• False

• Only under certain conditions

Select the best answer to the question: Explain why a scientist might choose to use an electron microscope rather than a light microscope.

• The light microscope won't show as much and it doesn't make the picture as bigger as the electron microscope.

• Electron microscope is better for a scientist to choose than a light microscope it uses electrons and not light.

• An electron microscope gives a greater magnification and better resolution than a light microscope.

• Scientists might need to choose the electron microscope because it is cheaper and easier than the light microscope.

What is the approximate size of one of the cells in the field of view shown?

• 0.5 mm
• 1.0 mm
• 1.5 mm
• 2.0 mm

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What type of microscope uses a magnetic field to operate?

• electron microscope

• light microscope

• plasmid microscope

• micro microscope

What does TEM stand for?

• transmission electron microscope

• translation electron microscope

• telepathic electron microscope

• tori eats mangos

What does SEM stand for?

• scanning electron microscope

• sandwich electron microscope

• soft electron microscope

• Sara eats margarine

The microscopes we use are called

• compound microscopes

• dissecting microscopes

• stereo microscopes

• electron microscopes

Which microscope would you be able to see the outside of this small section of plant cells?

• Compound light
• Scanning electron
• Dissecting
• Transmission electron

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