Microscopes!

Front

What do you NOT need to do before looking at a slide under a microscope? Options: Turn on the microscope, Make sure it's set to the lowest power lenses, Set the stage to its lowest position, Make sure it's set to the highest power lenses.

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Make sure it's set to the highest power lenses.

Front

How do you carry a microscope to a table?

Back

One hand on the arm and the other under the base.

Front

A microscope is an instrument that.

Back

makes small objects appear larger.

Front

A thin flat piece of glass used to hold objects for examination is called a ___

Back

slide

Front

What holds the slide in place? Options: rotating nosepiece, objective lenses, stage clips, adjustment knobs

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stage clips

Front

When you focus on a new specimen, always begin with: low power and coarse adjustment, low power and fine adjustment, high power and coarse adjustment, high power and fine adjustment.

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low power and coarse adjustment.

Front

When is it okay to go to a higher magnification and use the fine focus?

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After you have located the cell using lower magnification and coarse focus.

Front

Why is it important to not let the lenses touch the slide/stage?

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It could break the glass slide.

Front

What piece is a larger knob usually found on either the body tube or the arm and it is used to focus the image under low power?

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Course Adjustment Know

Front

What piece is the smaller knob, found near the course adjustment knob, and is used to focus the image under low and high power?

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Fine Adjustment Knob