Microscope Quiz

cirlce the diaphragm

Answer explanation

when looking under the microscope, the magnification via the oculars magnifies the specimen ____ its original size.

Answer explanation

10 times

You are viewing a specimen using the 40x objective. What is the total magnification?

• 10 x 4= 40x

• 10 x 40= 400x

Oil immersion is a technique used to increase the resolving power. Based on the provided sentence, what can you assume the definition of the highlighted term means?

• the ability of a microscope to distinguish and separate small images

• the ability of a microscope to blur small images

• the ability of a microscope to distinguish and combine small images

circle the scanning objective on the microscope

Answer explanation

the smallest knob

If they eyepiece contains a 10X lens, and you are currently using the scanning objective (4X), the total magnification is ____

Answer explanation

40x