Microscope

• Animal cells size

  0.01 mm - 0.05 mm
• Plant cell size

  0.01 mm - 0.10 mm
• What type of microscope is this?

  Compound microscope

  
• What 2 lenses do a (light) microscope use to magnify?

  Eyepiece and Objective lense
• Measurements


  Millimetre = 1/1,000 metre

  Micrometer (ųm) = 1/1,000,000 metre

  Nanometer = 1/1,000,000,000 metre
• What is this?

  Light microscope (or optical microscope)

  
• Order of magnitude

  +1 order of magnitude = x 10

  -1 order of magnitude = /10
• What is the equation that links magnification, image size and object size?

  Magnification = image size / actual size