1-3 Microscope Vocabulary

Makes an object appear larger than it really is

• resolution

• identify

• magnification

• atom

how clearly the magnified image can be seen

• resolution

• magnification

• atom

• identify

a microscope that uses a light and only one lens to magnify an image

• scanning light microscope

• transmission light microscope

• compound light microscope

• simple light microscope

building block of matter composed of protons, neutrons, and electrons

• Atom
• Molecule
• Compound
• Element

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a microscope that uses a light and more than one lens to magnify an image

• simple light microscope

• compound microscope

• transmission light microscope

• electron light microscope

uses a magnetic field to focus a beam of electrons through an object or onto an objects surface

• simple light microscope

• compound microscope

• magnification

• electron microscope

to determine the characteristics of a person or thing

• atom

• compound

• identify

• electron

uses a light and one or more lenses to magnify an image

• scanning electron microscope

• light microscope

• transmission electron microscope

• compound electron microscope

a microscope in which electrons pass through an image as it is viewed

• scanning electron microscope

• light electron microscope

• transmission electron microscope

• compound electron microscope

The type of microscope in which electrons bounce off an object and computers produce a 3-D image of the objects

• transmission electron microscope

• scanning electron microscope

• compound light microscope

• simple light microscope