________ refers to differences in intensity between two objects.

Resolution is best described as the ____________.

a. ability to view something that is small

b. ability to magnify a specimen

c. ability to distinguish between two adjacent objects

d. difference between two waves of electromagnetic radiation

Curved glass lenses _______light.

a. refract

b. bend

c. magnify

d. both a and b

Which of the following factors is important in making an image appear larger?

a. thickness of the lens

b. curvature of the lens

c. speed of the light passing through the lens

d. all of the above

Immersion oil ________(increases/decreases) the numerical aperture, which ________(increases/decreases) resolution because _______(more/fewer) light rays are involved.

Critique the following definition of magnification given by a student on a microbiology test: “Magnification makes things bigger.”

The resolving power of a microscope is described as the ability of the microscope to:

If you can only increase one of the following, which would you increase to observe more details of the microscopic specimen?

Fill in the following blanks.

a. 1 μm = ______ m

b. 1= _______ 10⁻⁹ m

c. 1 μm = ______ nm