Microscopes

You should always begin looking for a specimen on what power?

• low power

• medium power

• high power

• it doesn't matter

When on high power, which adjustment knob is the ONLY one you should use?

• Coarse adjustment knob

• Fine adjustment knob

• Ocular knob

Where in the field of view should the specimen be before switching to high power?

• in the center

• towards the top

• towards the bottom

• it doesn't matter

How does an object look under a compound microscope?

• the same, just bigger

• the same, just smaller

• upside-down and backwards

If a microscope has an ocular lens with a 10x power, and an objective lens with 10x power, what would the total magnification be?

• 10 times bigger

• 20 times bigger

• 100 times bigger

• 1000 times bigger