Microscope Pre- Activity Questions

Instructions

Before answering these questions you should read through the activity posted on Google Classroom. These are to be done independently (not with a peer) and are graded on correctness. If you have any questions, please let me know or come to office hours!

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Look at the list below and sort them into which type of microscope you would use to observe them.

The tip of your pencil
A sample of saliva
The surface of a pretzel
A sample of bacteria
The surface of a mushroom
An incredibly small slice of mushroom that you can see light through (assume you want to see the cells inside of the mushroom slice)

Stereo Dissecting Microscope
Compound Microscope

For the next few questions I'm asking you to calculate the total magnification based on the eyepiece and objective lens magnifications.

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The eyepiece is 10x and the objective is 2x

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The eyepiece is 10x and the objective is 40x

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Which of the following are you going to make slides of (select all that apply)?

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What does methylene blue stain (select all that apply)?

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Do you need to wear gloves when using the methylene blue?

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What are you using to stain the cheek cells?

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What are you using to stain the onion cells?

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Microscope Pre- Activity Questions

Look at the list below and sort them into which type of microscope you would use to observe them.

The eyepiece is 10x and the objective is 2x

The eyepiece is 10x and the objective is 40x

Which of the following are you going to make slides of (select all that apply)?

What does methylene blue stain (select all that apply)?

Do you need to wear gloves when using the methylene blue?

What are you using to stain the cheek cells?

What are you using to stain the onion cells?

Which of the following will you do to clean up (select all that apply)?

Look at the list below and sort them into which type of microscope you would use to observe them.

The eyepiece is 10x and the objective is 2x

The eyepiece is 10x and the objective is 40x

Which of the following are you going to make slides of (select all that apply)?

What does methylene blue stain (select all that apply)?

Do you need to wear gloves when using the methylene blue?

What are you using to stain the cheek cells?

What are you using to stain the onion cells?

Which of the following will you do to clean up (select all that apply)?