Microscopes

What is the name of the lens you look through?

• ocular lens

• objective lens

• body tube

• base

What is used to carry the microscope?

• arm

• base

• coarse adjustment knob

• body tube

These hold a slide in place

• stage clips

• stage

• lamp

• objective lenses

This moves the stage up and down for focusing

• coarse adjustment knob

• fine adjustment knob

• diaphragh

• objective lenses

Improves the resolution (clarity) of an object

• Fine adjustment knob

• Coarse adjustment knob

• Ocular lens

• Objective lens

light source

• lamp

• diaphragm

• base

• body tube

Lenses that you can rotate to increase or decrease magnification

• objective

• ocular

• coarse adjustment knob

• fine adjustment knob

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-5

supports the microscope

• base

• arm

• objective lenses

• body tube

When you increase magnification, what happens to the field of view?

• It stays the same

• It gets smaller

• It gets bigger

Which objective lens do you always start with?

• Low power (shortest lens)

• Medium power (medium lens)

• High power (long lens)

• It doesn't matter