Ok so for science my niece had to do a lab. They made a slide for a microscope. The first thing they did was put a drop of wateron the slide then they put the letter e in the slide and they covered it with the coverslip. thing. Then they looked inside the microscope and saw the e magnifized and stuff. But then they moved the slide to the left but when they looked in the microscope it moved right. And then when they had to move the slide up it moved down. Why did that happen.?? I told her it was the mirror that does the opposite but that is wrong do u have any other possible answers please help??
2007-01-08 11:59:46 · 4 answers · asked by Valerie 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
You kind of got the main idea, but it is not because of any mirrors. It is due to the lenses in the microscope. The lense refracts the light, causing what you see to be flipped and reversed.
2007-01-08 14:58:54 · answer #1 · answered by tedovas 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a piece of paper on your desk and look directly down at it and slide the paper up, down, left, and right.
2007-01-08 20:04:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
See the image at http://www.howe.k12.ok.us/~jimaskew/mscope.htm and you will see how the image is reversed due to light rays crossing inside scope.
2007-01-08 20:08:50 · answer #3 · answered by teachbio 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wherever you move the slide the slide with the e will move with it.
2007-01-08 20:05:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋