0
Why do specimens need dehydration to be viewed under a light microscope?
Wiki User
∙ 11y ago
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.
Wiki User
∙ 11y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What type of microscope is used to see unstained living microbes and urine specimens for evidence of kidney stones?
Light microscope
List four specimens that are better viewed through a dissecting scope than a compound light microscope?
dissecting scope: view opaque and/or thick objectsExamples: rock samples, coins, insects, and flowers
What organisms cannot be viewed by using the compound microscope?
Viruses. They are smaller than the average wavelength of light and as such are not viewable unless an electron microscope is used.
Why must a specimen be thin in order to be viewed under the microscope?
Because light must pass through it.
The nucleus of a cell can be viewed through what kind of microscope?
An Electron Microscope is used to study the contents of a nucleus.
The type of microscope that focuses beams of electrons on specimens is the?
compound light microscope
What do things that are to small for a light microscope get viewed by?
An electron microscope.
How objects look different when viewed through the light microscope?
Objects viewed through a light microscope look a lot bigger.
What do the objective lense do on a microscope?
The objective lenses on a microscope collects light and brings the specimens into focus.
What does the objective lenses on the microscope do?
The objective lenses on a microscope collects light and brings the specimens into focus.
What does the objective lenses do on a microscope do?
The objective lenses on a microscope collects light and brings the specimens into focus.
What laboratory tool that observes biological specimens?
i believe you are asking about a light microscope.
What type of microscope is used to see unstained living microbes and urine specimens for evidence of kidney stones?
Light microscope
List four specimens that are better viewed through a dissecting scope than a compound light microscope?
dissecting scope: view opaque and/or thick objectsExamples: rock samples, coins, insects, and flowers
Which microscope is often used to view metal surfaces?
Metal samples among others can be viewed by a light microscope. The light microscope, also known as an optical microscope, can view microorganisms.
Which type of microscope can observe non-living cells?
A tunneling electron microscope cannot image live specimens.
What is the appearance of an image viewed in the light microscope?
they appear back wards
