Question

1 fill in the blank 0.5 points fill in the blanks with the correct term. one word for each blank. check your spelling! placing immersion oil between the sample and the 100x objective lens helps reduce type your answer... this in turn helps increase type your answer..., without which microscopy is an empty magnification.

Explanation:

Immersion oil in microscopy reduces light refraction at the air - glass interface. This allows more light to enter the objective lens, increasing resolution. Without resolution, magnification is meaningless as details cannot be distinguished.

Answer:

1. Refraction
2. Resolution