Transcript Challenge #3 What do you know about microscopes? T. Trimpe 2008 http://sciencespot.net/ Answer these questions based on your knowledge of microscopes. 1.

Challenge #3
What do you know
about microscopes?
T. Trimpe 2008 http://sciencespot.net/
Answer these questions based on your knowledge of microscopes.
1. If you have three objectives – 10X, 30X, and 40X, which one has the lowest
power of magnification?
2. Which of these images would be taken with a high power objective?
3. How does your view of a specimen change as you increase your power of
magnification?
The answers are …
1. If you have three objectives – 10X, 30X, and 40X, which one has the lowest
power of magnification?
10X
2. Which of these images would be taken with a high power objective?
HIGH POWER
3. How does your view of a specimen change as you increase your power of
magnification?
You are able to see the specimen in more detail,
but you cannot see as much of it.