Compound Light Microscopes

Front

The best way to carry a microscope is: with two 2 hands, close to your body, swinging it with one arm, by your side, running with it, why carry it, when you can throw it?

Back

with two 2 hands, close to your body

Front

What should you do with the cord of a microscope when you are ready to store it?

Back

Wrap the cord up, and secure it with a tie

Front

What should be done to prepare a microscope for storage?

Back

Rotate the nosepiece so it is on the low power objective, Adjust the nosepiece and stage so they are as close as possible, Replace the dustcover

Front

This part of the microscope is the eyepiece, arm, stage, diaphragm.

Back

eyepiece

Front

For most compound light microscopes, the eyepiece (ocular) objective has a magnification of: 1X, 10X, 100X, 1000X

Back

10X

Front

When using a microscope, the prepared slide is placed on

Back

the stage

Front

The amount of light on a specimen can be adjusted using the

Back

the diaphragm

Front

If a microscope has an ocular objective of 10X, and a high power objective of 50X is used, the total magnification is

Back

500X

Front

When focusing at a low power, how should the user adjust the focus?

Back

Using the course adjustment knob

Front

When focusing at a high power, how should the user adjust the focus?

Back

Using the fine adjustment knob