Microscope Parts and Basics

If Mr. Colombo asks you to carry your microscope across the room, what is the safe way to carry it?

• Using one hand

• By holding the body tube and the eyepiece

• With one hand under the stage and the other holding the base

• One hand under the base and the other holding the arm

Which microscope part allows you to control how much light is being used?

• Base

• Power Lens

• Diaphragm

• Nosepiece

Which "revolving" part of the microscope allows you to change the magnification power by switching the objective lens?

• Fine Focus Knob

• Arm

• Coarse Focus Knob

• Nosepiece

Which is NOT a magnification power of one of the microscope's 3 objective lenses that are connected to the nosepiece?

• 4x magnification power

• 40x magnification power

• 10x magnification power

• 400x magnification power

How much magnification power does the microscope's eyepiece have?

• 10x magnification power

• 5x magnification power

• 100x magnification power

• 2x magnification power

Which part of the microscope connects the Eyepiece with the Objective Lens you are using so that their magnification powers can be combined (multiplied)?

• The Stage

• The Body Tube

• The Nosepiece

• The Condenser

Which focus knob causes the stage to move the most and focus the fastest (but only roughly)?

• Coarse Focus Knob

• Fine Focus Knob

• Eye Focus Knob

• Lens Focus Knob

When you first focus the slide you want to view under the microscope, which objective lens power should you always start with (because it has the largest field of view)?

• 4x magnification power lens (low)

• 10x magnification power lens (medium)

• 40x magnification power lens (high)

• 400x magnification power lens (highest)

This is a type of slide we can make ourselves in class using a cover slip and water droplets.

• Wet Mount Slide

• Oil Immersion Slide

• Water Slide

• Water Focus Slide

What is the total magnification power of the microscope when viewing a slide through the eyepiece while using the lowest power objective lens?

• 40x magnification power total

• 50x magnification power total

• 100x magnification power total

• 400x magnification power total