Microscope Vocabulary

Large knob that moves the body tube up and down for focusing

• coarse adjustment

• fine adjustment

• arm

• base

Supports the slide being viewed

• arm

• base

• stage

• stage clips

Side of the microscope that is used to carry it.

• base

• arm

• nosepiece

• diaphram

Contains the lens you look through.

• eyepiece (ocular lens)

• objective lens

• light source

• body tube

Provides light up through the diaphragm.

• diaphragm

• light source

• stage clips

• nosepiece

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Holds the objective lenses.

• body tube

• arm

• eyepiece

• nosepiece

The bottom of the microscope.

• stage

• fine adjustment

• coarse adjustment

• base

Holds the microscope slide in place on the stage.

• stage

• stage clips

• nosepiece

• diaphragm

These are found on the nosepiece and range from low to high power.

• objective lenses

• body tube

• light source

• eyepiece

Controls or adjusts the amount of light that enters the stage.

• nosepiece

• diaphragm

• objective lenses

• base