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Anton Leeuwenhoek
Parts of a microscope
Vocabulary
Magnification
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The 1600's
When did Anton Leeuwenhoek live?
100
The part that you see through
What is the eyepiece?
100
something you think or feel
What is an opinion?
100
the greater the magnification
What is the end of the saying "The greater the curve...."?
100
something you can see through
What is transparent?
200
the Netherlands
Where did Anton Leeuwenhoek live?
200
the part that holds the microscope together
What is the body?
200
something you know based on your senses (especially sight)
What is an observation?
200
clear and curved
What are the two properties that all magnifiers have?
200
a hard clear plastic
What is acrylic?
300
glass, rock crystal or sand
What were Leeuwenhoek's microscope lenses made out of?
300
the part that holds the object
What is the stage?
300
can't see through it
What is opaque?
300
a clear marble, alens, a water drop
What are some things that magnify?
300
a conclusion based on evidence
What is an inference?
400
one-celled plants and animals, bacteria (from his teeth), blood and volvoxes
What were some of the things that Leeuwenhoek saw?
400
it reflects light
What is the mirror?
400
you can see light through it
What is transluscent?
400
It means that the object will appear ten times its actual size
What does 10x mean?
400
curved inward like the inside of a bowl
What is concave?
500
People were exploring the seas and new worlds, trading their goods and creating great works of art.
What other important things were people doing at that time?
500
the part that holds the object to the stage
What is the clip?
500
the process of light bending
What is refraction?
500
It has two convex lenses.
What is a compound microscope?
500
curved or rounded on the outside
What is convex?