Microscopy Math

You are using a microscope (at school) on medium power. What is the size of the field of view?

• 4.0 mm

• 1.6 mm

• 0.40 mm

• 0.20 mm

You are using a microscope (at school) on low power. What is the size of the field of view?

• 4.0 mm

• 1.6 mm

• 0.40 mm

• 0.20 mm

You are using a microscope (at school) on high power. What is the size of the field of view?

• 4.0 mm

• 1.6 mm

• 0.40 mm

• 0.20 mm

A microscope has a field of view of 5 mm on low power. If the low power objective lens has a magnification of 8X and the high power objective lens has a magnification of 50X, what is the high power field of view?

• 0.4 mm

• 0.5 mm

• 0.6 mm

• 0.8 mm

You are viewing a critter who's length is 1/6 the field of view. If the critter has an estimated size of 267 um, what is the field of view?

• 44.5 um

• 1602 um

• 267 um

• 16.7 um

You've made a scientific drawing of a creature you viewed in the microscope. If your drawing has a magnification of 1650X, and the estimated size of the creature is 71.5 um, what is the size of your drawing?

• 7.15 cm

• 11.8 cm

• 16.5 cm

• 21.3 cm

You have made a scientific drawing that is 18.3 cm long, and you have estimated the size of the critter to be 41.5 um long. What is the scale of your drawing?

• 18.3 um/cm

• 2.27 um/cm

• 18.3 cm/um

• 2.27 cm/um

As microscope magnification increases, resolution __________ and field of view _____________.

• decreases; decreases

• decreases; increases

• increases; decreases

• increases; increases

What type of microscope captured this image?

• Light microscope

• Scanning Electron Microscope

• Transmission Electron Microscope

What type of microscope captured this image?

• Light microscope

• Transmission Electron Microscope

• Scanning Electron Microscope