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Yes - but a specimen can be something that is not observed under a microscope as well. For example, if you ever went on a walk in the country, picked a wildflower that grew there, and brought it home, you would have a specimen of a native plant that grew in the area where you found it.

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What is the object called that you look at under a microscope?

a SPECIMEN


How big would the specimen look?

the specimen is the objective the microscope and a parts of microscope


Is what you look under a microscope is a specimen?

Yes - but a specimen can be something that is not observed under a microscope as well. For example, if you ever went on a walk in the country, picked a wildflower that grew there, and brought it home, you would have a specimen of a native plant that grew in the area where you found it.


Why do you cut a very thin slice of specimen to look under light microscope?

The light is reflected upwards, and passes through the specimen. It passes through easier (clearer) if the specimen is not too thick.


Function of the fine focus on the microscope?

to easily adjust when you look the specimen and to focusing


Advantages and disadvantages of light microscope over electron microscope?

they are relatively smaller, electron ones are biggerthey are easy to usethey allow you to see coloured images, electron ones don'tyou can observe live specimen, specimen has to be dead with electron microscopesi was trying to view the answer in relation to transmmission


What is eyepiece on microscope?

The eyepiece is the lens at the top of the microscope that you look in to see the magnified image of your specimen. The eyepiece also magnifies, usually 10x.


What is the thing called that goes under the objective lens?

Under the objective lens there is a stage to put the specimen ( the thing you want to look at ).


What things can you put under a microscope?

A microscope is a thing that has a big magnifying glass that works even better than a regular one. You can even see germs, microscopic!


How does it look under microscope?

Does what look like what under a micrscope. Everything under a microscope is upside down and backwards. So it would look like a backwards if.


What part of the microscope you look into?

The part of the microscope that you look into is called the eyepiece.


How does it look like under microscope?

Does what look like what under a micrscope. Everything under a microscope is upside down and backwards. So it would look like a backwards if.