You are visualizing an amoeba with a regular microscope slide under a microscope

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You are visualizing an amoeba with a regular microscope slide under a microscope and you notice that the specimen seems unusually flat and is not moving compared to a video of an amoeba you saw while studying for this lab. What is the likely cause of this? A. The specimen is dead. B. You are looking at a bacterium rather than an amoeba. C. The cover slip has pressed the amoeba flat. D. The microscope is out of focus. 9. In reference to the previous question, how can you fix this problem? A. Use a depression microscope slide. B. Adjust the microscope so that it is in focus. C. Use lightfield instead of darkfield. D. Use a different microscope. You are visualizing an amoeba with a regular microscope slide under a microscope and you notice that the specimen seems unusually flat and is not moving compared to a video of an amoeba you saw while studying for this lab. What is the likely cause of this? A. The specimen is dead. B. You are looking at a bacterium rather than an amoeba. C. The cover slip has pressed the amoeba flat. D. The microscope is out of focus.

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C. The cover slip has pressed amoeba flat.

9. A. use a depression microscope slide.

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