Microscopes

You should always carry the microscope by the

• arm and base
• arm and body tube
• arm only

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

• low objective lens
• medium objective lens
• high objective lens

When looking through your microscope, you move your slide to the right- It appears

• to move to the right
• to stay the same
• to move to the left

What is the name of this part of the microscope?

• Eye piece

• Objective lenses

• Arm

• Light source

True or False: You should avoid letting the objective lenses touch your glass slide.

• True

• False

Where on the microscope do you place the slide you are investigating?

• Stage

• Base

• Eye piece

• Light source

Which part of the microscope moves the stage up quickly?

• Coarse adjustment knob

• Fine adjustment knob

• Diaphragm

• Base

Which picture below shows the safe way to hold a microscope when you are carrying it across the classroom?

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Which piece is the slide, the thin piece of glass that holds what you are investigating?

• A

• B

Which piece is the coverslip, the thin piece of plastic that covers and protects what you are investigating?

• A

• B