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A compound light microscope is (a)   .

• A microscope with a single lens
• A microscope that uses natural ligh
• A microscope with more than one len
• A microscope that can only view lar

Who made the first microscope?

• A Dutch merchant

• A Dutch biologist named Anton van Leeuwenhoek

• A scientist in the 1600's

• Merchants in the 1600's

Match the following uses of glass with their correct purpose before the invention of the microscope.

• Used in burning glasses

• To start fires

• Used in reading stones

• To view the quality of cloth

• Used in early telescopes

• To view the stars

• Used in magnifying glasses for detailed inspection

• To read small text

What are the two types of lenses used in a Compound Light microscope?

• convex and concave

• ocular and objective

• electron and photon

• simple and compound

What is required for an Electron microscope to function?

• Light source

• Vacuum

• Water

• Glass slides

Match the following types of microscopes with their correct description.

• Uses a beam of electrons to create an image of the specimen

• Compound Light Microscope

• Uses electromagnets to bend streams of electrons

• Scanning Probe Microscope

• Uses visible light and a system of lenses to magnify images of small samples

• Scanning Electron Microscope

• Measures the surface of a specimen with a physical probe

• Transition Electron Microscope

What is the maximum magnification limit of a Compound Light microscope?

• 500x

• 1000x

• 2000x

• 10000x

(a)   shows 3-D pictures of the surface of bacteria and organelles.

• Transition Electron Microscope
• Compound Light Microscope
• Scanning Electron Microscope
• Scanning Probe Microscope

What is a unique feature of the Scanning Probe Microscope compared to other types mentioned?

• It uses two lenses

• It requires a vacuum

• It doesn't use lenses

• It uses a light source