microscopy

• what’s a function of a light microscope?

  magnification of large sub-cellular structures
• what’s a magnification?

  a measure of how much a microscope can enlarge
• what’s a resolution?

  measure of the level of detail through a microscope
• what’s a function of an electron microscope?

  high magnification and resolution that allows the viewing of small-cellular structures
• what’s the magnification formula?

  magnification= size of image/size of real object
• how to get from km into m?

  multiply by 1000
• how to get from m to mm?

  divide by 1000
• how to get from mm to µm?

  divide by 1000
• how to get from nm to µm?

  multiply by 1000