Key concepts in biology

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    • Magnification
      How much bigger something appears compared to its actual size
    • Hooke's microscope had a magnification of about x30
    • A person magnified 30 times would be roughly the size of the Statue of Liberty in New York
    • Hooke's microscope was not very powerful because the glass lenses were of poor quality
    • Resolution
      The smallest distance between two points that can still be seen as two points
    • Van Leeuwenhoek's best microscopes had a resolution of 0.0014 mm
    • Hooke's microscope had a resolution of about 0.002 mm
    • Today's best light microscopes magnify up to x1500 with resolutions down to about 0.0001 mm