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Microscope skills: seeing the very small — Homework

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Microscope skills: seeing the very small — Homework

Use careful, close observation to answer, based on your microscope or magnifier investigation this week.

  1. 1.Why do you start at low magnification before switching to a higher power?
  2. 2.Eyepiece 10x, objective 10x: what is the total magnification?
  3. 3.Describe, in words or a labeled sketch, one small object you examined closely this week.
  4. 4.Name one thing to check if your image will not come into focus.
  5. 5.Why is a clear, recorded observation more useful to a scientist than just glancing and remembering?
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