The Microscope

It regulates the amount of light that enter into the lenses of the microscope

• diaphragm

• mirror

• eyepiece

• tablet

Connects eyepiece to other lenses

• Body tube

• Arm

• Base

• Diaphragm

Top lens you look through to see the specimen

• Body tube

• Stage

• Light source

• Eyepiece

Moves stage up and down to focus specimen

• Stage

• Stage clips

• Diaphragm

• Coarse adjustment

A light microscope that has more than one lens, the ocular and objective lens, is called

• compound microscope

• electrical microscope

• microscope

• telescope

Which of the following describes a microscope?

• makes far away objects looks closer

• decrease the size of small objects

• makes small objects appear larger

• increase the size of small objects

The ___________ holds the low and high power objective lenses and allows the lenses to rotate. 

• arm
• diaphragm
• eyepiece
• nosepiece

What is the name of this part?

• stageclips

• leg

• body tube

• coarse adjustment knob

When would you use the fine adjustment?

• low power

• medium power

• off

• high power

Why would you use the diaphragm?

• to sing

• to let light shine on the specimen

• to let the specimen look bigger

• to make crackers