MICROSCOPES

Front

How do you carry a microscope to a table? Options: by the body tube and the eyepiece, with one hand, one hand on the arm and the other under the base, with one hand on the base and the other on the eyepiece.

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

These are used to hold the slide in place: rotating nosepiece, objective lenses, stage clips, adjustment knobs

Back

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.

Back

low power and coarse adjustment.

Front

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

Back

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?

Back

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?

Back

Fine Adjustment Knob

Front

True or False: If the adjustment knobs are not turning, you should force them to turn.

Back

False

Front

What organelles are visible in these cells?

Back

cell wall and chloroplasts