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compound light microscope
a microscope that shines light through a specimen and has 2 lenses to magnify an image
eyepiece (ocular lens)
the piece of a microscope that you look through, magnifies the image usually ten times (10x)
objective lens
light passes through the specimen and then through this lens, which is located directly above the specimen, this just enlarges the image of the specimen
stage
a platform that supports a slide holding the specimen
light source
a lightbulb or mirror that reflects the light needed for viewing the image
magnification
the increase of an object's apparent size
nosepiece
the structure that holds the set of objective lenses and rotates these lenses into place above the specimen
resolution
the power to show details clearly in an image
scanning electron microscope SEM
this microscope passes a beam of electrons over the specimen's surface, and provides 3dimensional images of the specimen's surface. can magnify up to 100,000x
transmission electron microscope TEM
transmits a beam of electrons through a very thinly sliced specimen, can magnify up to 200,000x
metric system
a standard system of measurement that all scientists use, symbol SI
base unit
the main deriving symbol used to describe measurement in length, mass, time, etc. etc.