Microscopy 1 - What it is

• What is highlighted on the image?

  the base

  
• eyepiece lens

  
• If you place a human hair on a microscope slide, and look at it under a microscope, is the hair itself considered the object or the image? 

  object
• If you look at cheek cells under a microscope, are the shapes that you see when looking down the microscope the object or the image? 


  image
• microscope slide

  
• A microscope is designed to magnify small objects so that they appear larger.
• When using microscopes, a more detailed image is said to have a higher _____________.

  resolution
• What is the definition of magnification?

  How many times larger the image is than the object
• Objective lenses

  
• What is the pathway of light through a microscope?

  Light source ➔ stage ➔ microscope slide ➔ object ➔ objective lens ➔ body tube ➔ eyepiece lens ➔ eye