A Newspaper Ad for a Local Toy Store Indicates That

question 33

Multiple Choice

A newspaper ad for a local toy store indicates that a very inexpensive microscope available for a small child is able to magnify specimens nearly as much as the much more costly microscope available in your college lab. What is the primary reason for the price difference?

• A) The ad agency is misrepresenting the ability of the toy microscope to magnify.
• B) The toy microscope does not have the same fine control for focus of the specimen.
• C) The toy microscope magnifies a good deal, but has low resolution and therefore poor quality images.
• D) The college microscope produces greater contrast in the specimens.
• E) The toy microscope usually uses a different wavelength of light source.