Microscopes Quiz

What is the smallest object that light microscopes can see?

• 10 micrometres

• 0.1 millimetres

• 1 millimetre

• 400 nanometres

What is the main limitation of light microscopes?

• They can only magnify up to 100 times

• They cannot see through objects

• They only produce black-and-white images

• Objects smaller than the wavelength of light appear blurred

What is the primary difference between a scanning electron microscope and a transmission electron microscope?

• Transmission electron microscopes send beams of electrons through ultra-thin specimens

• Scanning electron microscopes see through objects

• Scanning electron microscopes use light waves

• Transmission electron microscopes scatter electrons across the surface

What can electron microscopes magnify objects up to?

• 1 million times

• 10 million times

• 100,000 times

• 1,000 times

What type of images do electron microscopes produce?

• Ultraviolet images

• Infrared images

• Black-and-white images

• Color images

What new type of electron microscope has made it possible to see the arrangement of atoms?

• Scanning electron microscope

• Transmission electron microscope

• Light microscope

• Tunnelling electron microscope

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What is one of the uses of transmission electron microscopes?

• To study the interior of cells and their organelles

• To magnify objects up to 100 times

• To study the surface of specimens

• To produce color images