Microscopes, safety, and lab equipment

Which of these do you NOT need to do before looking at a slide under a microscope?

• Turn on the microscope

• Make sure it's set to the lowest power lenses

• Set the stage to it's lowest position

• Make sure it's set to the highest power lenses

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.

A thin flat piece of glass used to hold objects for examination is called a ___

• sheet

• slide

• cover slip

• objective

When you focus on a new specimen, always begin with

• low power and coarse adjustment.
• low power and fine adjustment
• high power and coarse adjustment
• high power and fine adjustment

Why is it important to not let the lenses touch the slide/stage?

• It doesn't look as cool.

• Mrs. Arnold said so.

• It can be hard to see the slide.

• It could break the glass slide.

What piece is a larger knob usually found on either the body tube or the arm and it is used to focus the image under low power?

• Aperture

• Fine Adjustment Knob

• Diaphragm

• Coarse Adjustment Knob

True of False: If the adjustment knobs are not turning, you should force them to turn.

• True

• False

What is wrong this how the student is carrying the microscope in the image?

• They are using two hands.
• They are carrying it close to their body.
• The plug is not wrapped around the base.
• They are walking. 

If your teacher asks you to move a microscope to table, how do you carry it?

• by the body tube and the eyepiece
• with one hand
• one hand on the arm and the other under the base
• with one hand on the base and the other on the eyepiece.

These are used to hold the slide in place:

• rotating nosepiece

• objective lenses

• stage clips

• adjustment knobs