Microscopes
This is the tool scientists use to make tiny objects look much bigger.
Microscopes
Before putting a slide on the microscope, you should start with this objective.
Lowest power setting
What type of cells make up a plant?
Plant Cells
Plants use sunlight to make their own ______.
Food/Sugar
This part of the microscope is the lens you look through.
Eyepiece
This part moves the stage up and down quickly to help you get the specimen in focus.
Course Adjustment
What type of cell makes up an animal like a cockroach?
Animal Cell
This is the green organelle where photosynthesis takes place.
Chloroplasts
These are the three powers you used to look at the Elodea.
Low, medium, and high power
You see a tiny part of the Elodea cell under low power. What could you do to see more detail?
Switch to a higher magnification (more powerful objective lens).
What type of cell makes up a bacteria?
Bacteria cell
What three things do plants need for photosynthesis?
Water, Carbon Dioxide, and light.
When you switch from low power to high power, the object you’re looking at appears ______.
Bigger/Magnified
If you are viewing the microscope with the 4x objective lens, what is the magnification of the specimen?
10 x 4 = 40 times bigger.
How many cells are in a bacterias body?
One
What two things do plants make through photosynthesis:
Oxygen and Sugar/Food
If you are using the 10x objective lens, how many times bigger are you seeing the specimen?
100 times it's size
If a specimen is 4mm long and you view it with a 8x lens, how big will it appear?
4 x 3 = 32 times bigger
How many cells are in a plant and animal body?
Many
No because they have to eat food. They can't make it in their body.