STUDY QUESTIONS MAGNIFICATION

1. (a) Determine the magnification of the string of Thiomargarita cells in Figure 11, if the scale

bar represents 0.2 mm .

(b) Determine the width of the string of cells.

2. In Figure 12 the actual length of the mitochondrion is 8µm.

(a) Determine the magnification of this electron micrograph.

(b) Calculate how long a 5 µm scale bar would be on this electron micrograph.

(c) Determine the width of the mitochondrion.

. The magnification of the human cheek cells from a compound microscope (Figure 13) is 2000X.

(a) Calculate how long a 20 µm scale bar would be on the image.

(b) Determine the average length of the cheek cells

4.(a) Using the width of the hen’s egg as a guide, estimate the actual length of the ostrich egg
(Figure 14).

(b) Estimate the magnification of the image.

 a) Ostrich egg length = 43mm x 45mm = 43 x 3 = 129mm
15mm

b) Magnification = image = 15mm = 0.33X

actual 43mm

This image shows a red blood cell. The scale bar shows 2μm, which
represents the actual size of the bar. From this,
a) calculate the magnification of the image.
 b) calculate actual size of the red blood cell

Assume you made a micrograph of a deer tick. You observed the tick
under a stereoscope at 20x magnification and know the tick’s actual
length is 2.0mm. You want to draw a scale bar representing an actual
distance of 1 mm. How long should the drawing of the scale bar be?
The electron micrograph is of a spore of a fungus (Tilletia controversa) which affects
wheat.
9. Determine the magnification of the spore in the electron micrograph. The scale bar
represents 1 μm. Show your working.

The next is an electronic microphotography of a hepatic cell

(a) Calculate the magnification of

the hepatic cell
(b) The real diameter of the marked
nucleus in the electronic
 microphotography

(c) . Calculate the magnification of the electron micrograph. [1]

. An image of a liver cell has a real scale bar next to it recording 10um, but you measure
the scale bar and find it is 20mm. What is the magnification used?
The drawing below shows the structure of a virus.

(b) Use the scale bar to calculate the maximum diameter of the virus. Show your
working. [2]

Calculate the actual size of this organelle which is a

Calculate the actual size of these Chlorella cells. You should measureat least five cells. Write a
number next to each cell that you measured. Then prepare a table with the cell number, the image
size and the actual (specimen) size.
i) Calculate the size of the cell below. ii) Calculate the actual size
and
magnification of the cells
below.
Magnification 100x