Meterstick

Meter Stick Meter sticks are used to measure length. The metric unit for length is the meter.
Measurements may include prefixes such as centi- or kilo-.

A meter stick measures one meter and shows only metric units of measurement of millimeters and
centimeters. Meter sticks are used to measure objects that are larger than a piece of paper.
Remember that you can use centimeters and millimeters if the object is smaller than a piece of
paper. Those items are easily measured with a ruler. A meter stick is a little over 3 feet long, because
a meter is approximately 3.2 feet. A meter stick closely compares to a yard stick.

For instances where a yard stick would be used for customary units, a meter stick would be used to
measure metric units. For example, when measuring a table length, a yard stick would measure
customary length well and a meter stick would alternately measure metric length well.

The standard unit for measurement of length in the metric system is the meter. In science class, most
measurements are much smaller than a meter. A metric ruler is the standard instrument for
measurement in the scientific laboratory. On a metric ruler, each individual line represents a
millimeter (mm). The numbers on the ruler represent centimeters (cm). There are 10 millimeters for
each centimeter. To read a metric ruler, each individual line represents .10 (1/10) of a centimeter, or
1 millimeter.

Meter Scale is the most common measuring tool that we use in day-to-day activity. Often known as a
ruler, it has equally spaced markings along its length used to measure distances along the straight
lines.

Microscope

A microscope is an instrument that is used to magnify small objects. Some microscopes can even be
used to observe an object at the cellular level, allowing scientists to see the shape of a cell, its
nucleus, mitochondria, and other organelles. While the modern microscope has many parts, the
most important pieces are its lenses. It is through the microscope’s lenses that the image of an
object can be magnified and observed in detail. A simple light microscope manipulates how light
enters the eye using a convex lens, where both sides of the lens are curved outwards. When light
reflects off of an object being viewed under the microscope and passes through the lens, it bends
towards the eye. This makes the object look bigger than it actually is.

The compound microscope, which consists of at least two lenses, was invented in 1590 by Dutch
spectacle-makers Zacharias and Hans Jansen. Some of the earliest microscopes were also made by a
Dutchman named Antoine Van Leeuwenhoek. Leeuwenhoek’s microscopes consisted of a small glass
ball set inside a metal frame. He became known for using his microscopes to observe freshwater,
single-celled microorganisms that he called “animalcules.”

While some older microscopes had only one lens, modern microscopes make use of multiple lenses
to enlarge an image. There are two sets of lenses in both the compound microscope and the
dissecting microscope (also called the stereo microscope).

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