A Level biology – Optical microscopes

Last updated: 17/02/2022
AQA A-Level Biology Cell structure A Level biology – Optical microscopes
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  1. What is the resolution of an optical microscope ultimately limited by?

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  2. Beyond the limit of resolution, increasing the magnification will…

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  3. Why is a light microscope not usually used to magnify greater than 1000x ?

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  4. A compound microscope is a type of what?

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  5. Some early microscopists claimed to see an homunculus or tiny man in nuclei and sperm cells. Apart from their bias and imagination what may have lead to these observations?

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  6. Which type of radiation is used in a compound microscope to image an object?

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  7. An object being imaged with an optical microscope is usually mounted on what?

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  8. Which of the following is a limitation of the light microscope?

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  9. Which of the following is a benefit of the light microscope?

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  10. The magnifying power of a microscope is found by

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  11. The order that light passes through a microscope’s parts is:

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  12. The ability to distinguish between two points on an image is called

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  13. How many times bigger an image is compared to an object is referred to as what?

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  14. The lenses used in an optical microscope are what shape?

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  15. The wavelength of light means that optical microscopes can only distinguish between two objects if they are how far apart?

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  16. How many lenses are present in a compound microscope?

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  17. Put the following units of length in order from the shortest to longest. 1. Millimetre 2. Nanometre 3. Micrometre 4. Centimetre

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  18. Which of the following could not be resolved with an optical microscope?

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  19. Which of the following could be resolved with an optical microscope?

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