Why does a p look like a p?
What happens if you put a sleeve on too close?
Why open the window to make it darker?
Does ink look solid?
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How does an image appear in the microscope compared with how it normally appears to your eye?
The image of an object is magnified through at least one lens in the microscope. This lens bends light toward the eye and makes an object appear larger than it actually is.
How does the letter E as seen through the microscope differ from the way it normally appears?
The letter “e” appears upside down and backwards under a microscope. Either, diatoms are single celled, or they do not have a cell wall.
Why do you think a specimen placed under the microscope has to be thin?
Because the microscope relies on the light rays to form the image, the specimen needs to be very thin. Otherwise, the light will not be able to pass through it into the objective lens. This would result in a very dark image with very little detail.
How does the microscope affect the orientation of the image?
The optics of a microscope's lenses change the orientation of the image that the user sees. A specimen that is right-side up and facing right on the microscope slide will appear upside-down and facing left when viewed through a microscope, and vice versa.
How is the orientation of the letter E as compared to how you see it with the unaided eye?
What is the difference between seeing the orientation of the letter with the unaided eye and the microscope? With the unaided eye, the "e" is facing the right way. With the microscope, its upside down.
Why is it better to view a specimen under the low power objective lens before going to the high power objective lens?
The depth of focus is greatest on the lowest power objective. Each time you switch to a higher power, the depth of focus is reduced. Therefore a smaller part of the specimen is in focus at higher power. Again, this makes it easier to find an object on low power, and then switch to higher power after it is in focus.
What do you do when the specimen you see looks dark or is not visible at all?
Specimen too dark You will not be able to see anything except a dark shadow without much detail. In this case you must either cut the specimen into thin sections, tear it apart or squash it. If you can not do these preparation techniques, then you have to use a stereo microscope.
When using a microscope How will we see a specimen?
When you view a specimen through a microscope, you are viewing an image through multiple lenses. As a result, the image is upside down and back-to-front so when you move the slide to the right, the image moves to the left and vice versa!
When viewing an object through a microscope the image will appear?
When you look into a microscope, you are not looking at the specimen, you are looking at the image of the specimen. The image appears to be "floating" in space about 10 millimeters below the top of the observation tube (at the level of the fixed diaphragm of the eyepiece) where the eyepiece is inserted.
What is the orientation of the image versus the orientation of the actual specimen?
Answer and Explanation: When looking through a microscope, the orientation of the image of the specimen is inverted compared to the orientation of the actual specimen. This means that the specimen will look upside down and backwards when viewed through the microscope.
What happens to the field of view as magnification increases?
In short, as magnification increases, the field of view decreases. When looking through a high power compound microscope it can be difficult to determine what you will see through the eyepieces at different magnifications.
What happens to the relative direction of movements as detected by the microscope?
The images seen under the microscope are inverted. The relative direction of movement is also reversed, i.e., moving the stage to the left will be viewed as moving to the right.
What is the orientation of the image if the magnification is positive?
uprightThe sign of the magnification tells us the orientation of the image. If the sign is positive, then the image is upright. If the sign is negative, then the image is upside-down.
What is the orientation of the final image in a compound microscope?
The image formed by the objective lens is real and inverted, since the image is on the opposite side of the lens to the object and is oriented opposite to the object in the vertical direction.
What is the orientation of the image formed and why?
In general, the orientation of the image formed by a series of plane mirrors is analyzed using the reflection matrices for the individual mirrors multiplied in the order opposite to that in which the light rays strike the mirrors, assuming the ray direction is a column vector.
Why does a p look like a p?
It looks like a p because its enlarged and inverted
What happens if you put a sleeve on too close?
if you put it too close, it can fall off and break
Why open the window to make it darker?
open it because increasing the point of view can make it darker and you will need more light.
Does ink look solid?
The ink looks solid normally, but under a microscope it looks broken up and has ink smudges.
What is the function of the iris diaphragm?
The iris diaphragm adjusts how much light shines up into the stage. When we rotate it, the "e" gets lighter and darker and goes in and out of focus.
Why is an image inverted?
The image is inverted because the converging lenses in the microscope cause the image to invert.
What does it mean when you look into a microscope?
When you look into the microscope you see a circle so you draw it like you see it.
When to use coarse adjustment knob?
You can use the coarse adjustment knob when using the low objective but not the high objective, thus you should use the low objective first and then switch to med/high.
Is the ink in the sandbox solid?
The ink looks like it is broken in pieces. It is not solid.
Why does a p look like a p?
It looks like a p because its enlarged and inverted
What happens if you put a sleeve on too close?
if you put it too close, it can fall off and break
Why open the window to make it darker?
open it because increasing the point of view can make it darker and you will need more light.
Does ink look solid?
The ink looks solid normally, but under a microscope it looks broken up and has ink smudges.