BIOL 1030H Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Zooplankton, Aph Technological Consulting, List Of Virtual Boy Games
21 Jan 2016
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Learning goal:to compare the different types of microscopes and understand their limitations. Introduction:telescopes, magnifying glasses, and other types of lenses have been in use for centuries, especially in the sciences. Early microscopes used visible light to look at objects. These early scopes and light microscopes of today have an effective magnification range up to about 1,000 times, or 1000x. For magnifications higher than 1000x, an electron beam is utilized to illuminate the specimen. Thus, the two basic types of microscope are referred to as light microscopes and electron microscopes. The virtual microscopy lab features different scopes utilized to study biology: a field scope, a dissecting microscope, a compound microscope, a scanning electron microscope (sem), and a transmission electron microscope (tem). A field scope"s purpose is similar to binoculars. Part a - the resolution of different microscopes. Determining the proper microscope to use often depends on the question being addressed and the physical limitations of the human eye and microscope.
