Microscope Review

What part of the microscope maintains the proper distance between the eyepiece and the objective lenses?

• coarse adjustment knob

• revolving nosepiece

• body tube

• stage

What part of the microscope supports the body tube and it used for carrying?

• eyepiece

• stage clips

• arm

• fine adjustment knob

Which part provides high magnification, usually 40X?

• low power objective

• scanning objective

• high power objective

• coarse adjustment knob

Which contains the magnifying lens you look through (10 X mag.)

• eyepiece

• scanning objective

• stage clips

• stage

Which focuses slightly to sharpen the image?( best under high power)

• fine adjustment

• coarse adjustment

• scanning lens

• diaphragm

Which is the lowest magnification that is used to find and center the object? (4X mag.)

• low power objective

• high power objective

• scanning objective

• eyepiece

Which focuses in large amounts under scanning and low power objective?

• diaphragm

• light source

• coarse adjustment knob

• fine adjustment knob

Which provides the 2nd least amount of magnification- usually 10X?

• high power objective

• low power objective

• scanning objective

• stage

Which holds the objectives and can be rotated to change magnification?

• stage clips

• base

• arm

• revolving nosepiece

What holds the slide in place?

• stage

• stage clips

• light source

• base