A student used the low-power objective of a compound light

Last updated: 7/31/2022

A student used the low-power objective of a compound light microscope and observed a single-celled organism as shown in the diagram below. Single-celled organism Microscope field of view When they switched to high power, the organism was no longer visible. This most likely happened because switching to high power made the ... area of the slide being viewed smaller fine-adjustment knob no longer functional field too bright to see the organism image too small to be seen