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1. Use the eyedropper to place a drop of water on the center of a microscope slide
2. Use the tweezers to position the letter "e" in the center of the drop.
3. Holding the cover slip at a 45 degree angle, lower it slowly over the drop of water. Here's what the letter "e" looks like under low and high power. As you can see, the specimen appears to be upside down and backwards. As you can see, when you switch to high power the field of view DECREASES. Field of view is the amount of the specimen you are able to see. The higher the power, the less you see of the entire specimen. This is why it is always better to begin focusing on the lowest power possible. Beginning on the lowest power gives you the Greatest field of view, which means you will be able to see the entire specimen. For example, you most likely learned the alphabet in preschool, yet it is difficult to tell that the specimen under high power in the picture above is the letter "e".
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Why would a wet mount be used?
The benefit of a wet mount is that you can view the specimen in its natural environment without killing it. If you do a wet mount you can get proper air around the microbes to view them for a while before they possibly die. If you do a hanging wet mount you have the capability to see them moving in an aerated manner.
Which works best with phase contrast microscopy wet mount or hang drop?
wet mount slide
What is the proper process for creating a wet mount of specimen?
a) the object is placed in a drop of water (or saline) on a clean slide. b) a coverslip is held at a 45o angle with the fingertips, and c) it is lowered carefully over the water and the object.
Why is a wet mount used?
Wet mounts allow one to view living material versus dead material.
What do you need to make wet mount?
Put the specimen (whatever your looking at) on the slide and drop two or three drops of water on it and then put the coverslip on top, make sure there is no air bubbles.
Describe how to make a proper wet mount of the letter e?
OKAY, TOU ARE SUPPOSE TO FIRST GET A NEWSPAPER OR ANY TYPE OF PRINTED TEXT, THEN YOU CUT OUT THE ''E'' AND ONLY THE ''E''.THEN, YOU PLACE THE ''E''ON THE WET MOUNT. THEN YOU GET A DROP OF WATER AND PLACE IT ON TOP OF THE ''E'' TO MAKE SURE THE PLASSTIC/GLASS COVER STAYS ON.THEN YOU CAREFULLY PLACE THE COVERING ONTO THE WET MOUNT WITH THE ''E''. THEN, YOU PUT THE WET MOUNT ON TO YOUR MICROSCOPE(I HAD A STANDARD MICROSCOPE SO YOURS MIGHT BE DIFFENT). tHEN, YOU TURN THE POWER TO LOW POWER FIRST SO THAT WAY YOU CAN SEE THE ''E''. THEN YOU CAN TURN IT ON ANY OTHER ONE SO YOU CAN LOOK AT. AND THATS BASICALLY IT SO ENJOY YOUR TIME WITH YOUR EXSPERIMENT. (BY: OUTSIDER101)
Why would an oak leaf not make a good specimen for a wet mount?
An oak leaf would not make a good specimen for a wet mount because it contains a lot of water. The leaf is best observed under a dry mount.
What is a wet mounts?
mount thats wet. :trollface:
Which works best with phase contrast microscopy wet mount or hang drop?
wet mount slide
Why would a wet mount be used?
The benefit of a wet mount is that you can view the specimen in its natural environment without killing it. If you do a wet mount you can get proper air around the microbes to view them for a while before they possibly die. If you do a hanging wet mount you have the capability to see them moving in an aerated manner.
What is the purpose of viewing a cotton strand under a microscope?
It is to make sure that you know how to make a wet mount. At least, in honors biology it is
How can you change a letter in foe to make wet clouds?
fog
What Slide mount is used for viewing an Elodea leaf?
a wet mount
Why a smear preparation is preferred compare to a wet mount?
bcoz a heat-fix smear have a good contrast than the wet mount
What info can you observe on a wet mount that cannot be seen on a stained preparation?
The movement of a bacteria can be seen on a wet mount. This movement can not be seen in a stained preparation.
What is an advantage of a simple stain over a wet mount?
You can see clearer images in the simple stain technique rather than the wet mount technique...
What does the stain on a wet mount slide do?
Wet mounts don't typically use stains.
