0
Want this question answered?
Be notified when an answer is posted
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What is the glass sheet that a specimen is put on?
It's called a slide.
What is the difference between wet mount and dry mount?
- a wet mount is freshly prepared while a dry mount is pre-prepared and sealed. - the specimen is alive in a wet mount while in a dry mount the specimen is dead - air bubbles can be trapped in a wet mount but not in a dry mount - wet mounts are priceless while dry mounts costs
Can a water molecule be seen through a compound light microscope?
No
What does All particles of one substance are identical really mean?
simply all particles of one substance are identical means just that. all of the particles that make up a piece of matter are the same. an example of this is water. if you look at water under a microscope, you will see that all of the particles that make up the water are identical.
Using a powerful microscope it is possible to actually see hydronium and hydroxide ions in a sample of pure water?
false
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!
What type of slide is made by placing the specimen in a drop of water on the slide and covering it with a glass slip?
it will brak
What should microscope slides be placed on?
On top of the Microscope slide, the specimen you wish to examine is place and then water and a coverslip is placed on top of that. Other things may be added depending on the speciment you wish to examine such as stainers like Iodine.
Why do specimens need dehydration to be viewed under a light microscope?
If they were not dried well then any water on the specimen could refract or reflect the light coming at it...and so distorted images would be the result.
What happens when you prepare a smear from a agar plate or slant without first placing water on slide?
If you prepare a slide from an agar plate without placing water on the slide first the agar will be to lumpy on the slide. It will make to much of the specimen be in one spot.
How to test water pollution?
to take a sample an inspect it under a microscope and deterime if water is polluted
Why do you need a drop of water to prepare slides when using microscope?
Because an air bubble, trapped between the slide and cover plate, shows as a dark'blob' under magnification. Using a drop of water to 'seal' the slide & cover plate together excludes the air - making the specimen more visible to the user.
What was the first thing looked at under a microscope?
Leeuwenhoek was the first person to see anything under a microscope. He put pond water under the microscope and studied tiny animals swimming in the water and called them "animalcules" hope this helps!
How is a microscope with slides used?
A microscope slide is the commonest instrument in any Biology laboratory. It is a transparent rectangular glass apparatus and it fits underneath the lens piece of the microscope. It is used for mounting smears of body secretions, microscopic specimen of bacteria, viruses, fungi or parasites. One can stain the specimen they want to observe and focus the microscope on it. A cover slip is placed on top of the slide in order to keep the specimen in place. One can use a microscope slide in order to draw blood films as well.
What does leeuwenhoek use his microscope to look at pond water blood cells cork cells plant cells soil samples?
pond water! Robert Hooke looked at a cork under a microscope.
Who viewed moving objects from Pond water under his microscope and name them animalcules?
robert hooke
Viewed moving objects from pond water under his microscope and named them animalcules.?
robert hooke
