1.3 - Microscopy

• What does magnification mean?

  How many times larger the image is than the object
• What is resolution?

  The shortest distance between two points on an object, that can still be distinguished as two separate entities.
• What is the pathway of a light through a microscope?

  Light source

  Stage

  Microscope slide

  Object

  Objective lens

  Body tube

  Eyepiece lens

  Eye