Wet Mount Slide Essay

The slide used during the Microscope Lab was a wet-mount slide which was used in order to view the specimens from the microscope. A wet-mount is a method for preparing specimens to view using a microscope. A myriad of specimens look better when placed in a drop of water on the microscope slide. The water supports the sample and fills the space between the coverslip and the slide. This allows light to pass easily through the slide, the sample, and the coverslip. Scientists use the wet-mount slide to observe specimens in greater detail. Compared to other slides, the wet-mount slide is an advantage since it offers a clearer perspective for scientists for different specimens because of the added water. If scientists had trouble seeing a specimen dry, the scientists would create a wet-mount slide to …show more content…
The colored ink newsprint, viewed without a microscope, seems to only consist of the colors green and blue. When using a microscope to observe the colored ink newsprint on a magnification of 40x or 100x, the color pink appears among the colors blue and green. The naked eye can view fewer colors than when using a microscope which enables humans to see more colors that were not visible with the original colors viewable to the naked eye. In addition, the letter “e”’s stance differs when using a microscope compared to how it looks to the naked eye. When using a microscope, the “e” looks upside-down and backward compared to how the naked eye views it. Similarly, when the wet-mount slide is moved, the letter “e” appears to move in the opposite direction the slide was moved in. When the slide is moved to the left, the specimen looks like it moves to the right and when the slide is moved to the right, the specimen appears to move left. Likewise, the “e” appears to move down when the slide is moved up and up when the slide is moved