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Microscopes and magnification
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What is the maximum magnification of a light microscope?

×2000

What is the maximum magnification of an electron microscope?

×2 million

What is the main advantage of electron microscopes over light microscopes?

They show structures inside cells

What does a smaller resolving power number mean?

Better image quality

Which microscope has the best resolving power?

Transmission electron (0.1 nm)

Using magnification=image sizereal size\text{magnification} = \frac{\text{image size}}{\text{real size}}, find magnification if image is 4 mm, real is 0.01 mm.

×400

An image is 0.3 mm at ×600 magnification. What is the real object size?

0.0005 mm

How many micrometres (μm) are in 1 millimetre (mm)?

1000 μm

What is the main purpose of a scale bar on a microscope image?

To show real sizes and find magnification

A scale bar measures 15 mm on a page and represents 2 μm. What is the magnification?

×7500

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