Dirección Área que elabora: Materia: Profesor:

Responsable: Coordinación de Health and Luis Vazquez

Académica Ciencias Environmental
Valor de Mes: Science 1
Schoolyear 2020-2021 Microscopic World Reactants:
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Student: Carolin Bourjac Group: Date: 1 of
1ºB october 2020
Instructions: Read the following questions and select the correct answer. Write the names of the
parts of the microscope next to the lines of the picture below

Objectives (Problem/Observation)

 To read about the history of microscopy.

 To learn the names of the parts of the compound microscope.
 To use the microscope with proper care.

Introduction (Background Research)

I. Read the following questions and select the correct answer. You may use your iPad. (5 points)

1. What is a light microscope?

a) It is an instrument which produces smaller images of large objects using glass lenses.
b) It is an instrument that enlarges images of small objects using electrons.
c) It is an instrument which produces enlarged images of small objects using glass lenses.
d) It is an instrument that produces smaller images of objects using electrons.

2. What is the most common type of microscope?

a) Transmission electron microscope
b) Scanning electron microscope
c) Stereoscopic light microscope
d) Compound light microscope

3. Who were the scientists which invented the compound microscope?

a) The Dutch opticians Hans and his son Zacharias Janssen
b) The English scientist Robert Hooke
c) The Dutch scientist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
d) The Mexican president Benito Juarez

4. In 1665, he was the first scientist to use the word “cell”, from the Latin cella, which means “small room”,
to name the microscopic honeycomb cavities.
a) The Mexican biologist Mr. Luis
b) The English scientist Robert Hooke
c) The Dutch opticians Hans and his son Zacharias Janssen
d) The Dutch scientist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

5. He made microscopes consisting of a single high-quality lens and observed protozoa for the first time in
1674; several years later bacteria.
a) The English scientist Robert Hooke

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 b) The American engineer Anthony Edward Stark Jr.
c) The Dutch scientist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

II. Write the names of the parts of the microscope next to the lines of the picture below. (14 points)

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 Eyepiece Diopter adjustment

Head Revolving
nosepiece

Arm Objective lens

Rack stop Stage clip

Stage

Coarse focus

Condenser

Fine focus

Iluminator

Base