PARTS AND FUNCTIONS OF A MICROSCOPE

You should always carry the microscope by the

• arm and base
• arm and body tube
• arm only
• the objectives

When looking at a specimen on your slide, you should always start with the

• low objective lens
• medium objective lens
• high objective lens
• super extra high power lens

The__________ sharpens the image under high magnification.

• the diaphragm
• fine adjustment knob
• coarse adjustment knob
• the ocular

The ________ of the microscope would show you the MOST zoomed in image, or the SMALLEST field of view.

• low power objective
• medium power objective
• high power objective
• stage

Lenses consist of low 4X, medium 10X, and high 43X to magnify

• Eyepiece
• Ocular Lens
• Objective Lenses
• Illuminators

A microscope is an instrument that.

• makes faraway objects look closer.
• makes small objects appear larger.
• decreases the size of small objects.
• increases the size of small objects.

Holds objective lenses; Rotates to change objectives

• Arm
• Base
• Revolving/Rotating Nosepiece
• Diaphragm

If you look through the microscope and it looks dark which one of these will NOT help?

• checking the diaphragm

• turning the coarse adjustment knob

• adjusting the mirror or light

• making sure the nosepiece is clicked into place

It is the horizontal platform where the glass slide with the material is placed.

• stage with stage clips

• body tubes with the objectives

• nose piece with the ocular

• condenser and the diaphragm

It is the expanded two-armed horse-shoe shaped region that supports the microscope.

• foot or base

• stage

• nose piece

• body tube