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Make sure your slide, cover slip and medicine dropper are all clean, dry and dust-free.
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Place your flat slide on a clean, dry surface.
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Use your medicine dropper to suck up a few drops of your liquid sample.
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Squeeze one drop of your liquid sample out onto the direct center of the flat slide.
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Gently lower your cover slip onto the flat slide. Put one edge of the cover slip down first, before lowering the rest of it. Do not press down on the cover slip once it is in place.
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Pick up the slide and cover slip combination and gently place it in the viewing tray of your microscope.
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On what microscope platform is a slide placed for viewing?
The microscope stage is the platform on which a slide is placed for viewing.
Is a glass microscope slide an electrical insulator or a conductor?
Yes, a glass microscope slide is an electrical insulator. Glass is generally considered an electrical insulator.
What is glass slide in microscope?
A microscope slide is a thin flat piece of glass, used to hold objects for examination . Typically the object is placed or secured between the slide and a cover slip
What is the first step in preparing a specimen to be viewed under a microscope?
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What you want to look at under a microscope is put on one of these?
A slide.
Where is the slide in a microscope?
Microscopes don't normally come with the slides. Microscopes have a place to insert slides that you have prepared separately. See the instructions for your microscope to locate the place where you would place the slides. You put the slide in to view its called a specimen what you put in it.
What is the slide on a microscope placed on?
A coverslip is a thin glass placed on the microscope slide.
Why do you place the microscope at least one inch from the egde of the table?
Microscopes are very valuable pieces of equipment. This set distance is a simple safety precaution. Also, if you have spent a long time preparing the sample on the slide, the very last thing you want to do is knock over the microscope and contaminate the slide!
What is the name of the microscope slide with the dip in it?
The name of the microscope slide with the dip in it is the hanging drop slide. The dip is a special concave, depression, in the center of the slide.
On what microscope platform is a slide placed for viewing?
The microscope stage is the platform on which a slide is placed for viewing.
How can you prevent your slide from slipping on the stage on a microscope?
Most microscope stages have clips for holding the slide. If you do not have any clips on your microscope stage, you can use tape to hold the slide in place.
What is the use of microscope slide?
A microscope slide is used to hold objects underneath a microscope for examination. It is a thin, flat piece of glass that is usually held to a microscope with clips.
Where the slide is placed on the microscope?
The slide is placed on the stage.
Who invented the microscope slide?
Galileo Galelei invented the microscope,
What is the part of the microscope which you put under the slide?
microscope stage
What is the stage on a microscope?
It is the platform where a slide is affixedThe function of a stage of a microscope is to provide a place where the slide can be put for observation.
How are slides held in place?
Microscope slides are held in place on the microscope's stage by slide clips or slide clamps.
