_____ is the ability of a microscope to make objects appear larger.

• magnification
• resolution
• refraction
• reflection

The _____ of a microscope is a measure of how close two points of an image can be, yet still be seen as separate.

• resolution

• magnification

• density

• mass

In the mid-1600s, English scientist _____ was the first to observe the smallest unit of life with a microscope and to call them "cells."

• Robert Hooke

• Aristotle

• Carolus Linnaeus

• Anton van Leeuwenhoek

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A(n) _____ microscope uses light and one lens to enlarge an image of an object.

• simple light
• compound light
• transmission electron
• scanning electron

A(n) _____ microscope uses light and more than one lens to magnify an image.

• compound light
• simple light
• transmission electron
• scanning electron

A(n) _____ microscope has an ocular lens and an objective lens.

• compound light
• simple light
• transmission electron
• scanning electron

A(n) _____ microscope can't be used to view living organisms.

• transmission electron

• compound light

• simple light

• stereoscopic binocular

A(n) _____ microscope uses a magnetic field to focus a beam of tiny particles through or onto an object.

• electron
• simple light
• compound light
• stereoscopic binocular

A(n) _____ microscope has the highest magnification.

• electron
• simple light
• compound light
• stereoscopic binocular

Simple and compound light microscopes have _____ levels of magnification and resolution compared to electron microscopes.

• lower

• higher

• similar

• better