Theme: Microscopy, Compound Light Microscope
1. In order, list the lenses in the light path between a specimen viewed with the compound light microscope and its image on the retina of the eye.
2. What happens to contrast and resolving power when the aperture of the condenser (that is, the size of the hole through which light passes before it reaches the specimen) of a compound light microscope is decreased?
3. What happens to the field of view in a compound light microscope when the total magnification is increased?