While viewing an amoeba under a compound light microscope, Micah was disappointed to find that at the end of the lab period, his amoeba had stopped moving. What is the most likely cause of Micah's observation?
Select one:
a. Micah accidentally added a stain that killed the amoeba.
b. After too long under the microscope, the heat emitted from the light source dried out the specimen.
c. Micah smashed the amoeba as he changed from the medium power objective to the low power objective.
d. Amoebas do not live very long.

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While viewing an amoeba under a compound light microscope, Micah was disappointed to find that at the end of the lab period, his amoeba had stopped moving. What is the most likely cause of Micah's observation?
Select one:
a. Micah accidentally added a stain that killed the amoeba.
b. After too long under the microscope, the heat emitted from the light source dried out the specimen.
c. Micah smashed the amoeba as he changed from the medium power objective to the low power objective.
d. Amoebas do not live very long.

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a. Micah accidentally added a stain that killed the amoeba