12) If, after viewing a specimen at low power, you switch to high-dry power and, after using fine focus, cannot find the specimen, what things could you do to help yourself (before calling me over to assist you?)

See the answer below

Explanation:

After seeing an object on a slide at the low-power objective of the microscope and it disappears on changing to high power, the following can be done to resolve the problem

1. Drop a few drops of immersion oil on the slide and view again under high the power objective.

2. If the object is still not visible after the action above, return the microscope to the low-power objective and make sure the object is refocused and centered. Then carefully change back to the high power objective and use the fine adjustment to bring it into focus.

scattering of light by tiny particles in air to produce the colors we see on sky, is dependent on the following factors:

(i) wavelength of light

(ii) size of the scattering particle  

(iii) distance traveled by light through the atmosphere.

according to rayleigh's law of scattering, the amount of scattering is inversely proportional to the fourth power of its wavelength. shorter the wavelength, greater is its scattering. hence violet/blue light is scattered more than red.

sun's light is a composite light ( visible light) with wavelengths in the range 400 nm (violet) to 700 nm (red). as sunlight passes through our atmosphere, the molecules of air scatter light according to their wavelengths. during sunrise and sunset, the sun's position is below the horizon. hence light from the sun travels a greater distance in the atmosphere when compared to its position a noon.

as sunlight enters the earth's atmosphere, blue light is scattered away and at the end of its journey in the sky, only red and orange wavelengths remain in the beam.

hence at sunrise and sunset, the sky appears reddish orange.