- What is a nanometer?
(a) 1/1,000,000,000 of a meter
(b) 1/100,000 of a meter
(c) 1/1,000,000 of a meter
(d) 1,000,000,000 meters - Immersing a specimen in oil maintains good resolution at magnifications
greater than 100×.
(a) True
(b) False - A photograph taken by an electron microscope is called
(a) a TEM
(b) a micrograph
(c) a SEM
(d) a palladium - You stain a smear using
(a) crystal violet
(b) caboxymethyl cellulose
(c) cellulose
(d) a fixation process - Why is a specimen stained?
(a) A stain is used to label a specimen.
(b) A stain is used to determine the size of a specimen.
(c) A stain adheres to the specimen, causing more light to be reflected
by the specimen into the microscope.
(d) A stain is used to determine the density of a specimen. - You use a wet mount to observe an inorganic specimen under a microscope.
(a) True
(b) False - The naming convention used to group organisms is called
(a) identification
(b) nomenclature
(c) systemics
(d) classification
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