Microscopes

What part of a compound microscope do you put your eye up to to see the stage?

• Objective Lens
• Eyepiece (Ocular Lens)
• Arm
• Base

Using a 4x objective lens and your 10x eyepiece, what is the TOTAL MAGNIFICATION of your image?

• 4x
• 400x
• 14x
• 40x

The part of the microscope that you turn to change to a new objective lens.

• Stage
• Diaphragm
• Nosepiece
• Body Tube

When carrying the microscope, what two parts must you always be holding it by?

• Arm and Stage
• Arm and Base
• Base and Stage
• Stage and Neck

When removing a slide from the stage, one must always:

• Turn the nosepiece to the 4x objective lens, lower the stage. 
• Unplug the power cord, then turn it off.
• Raise the stage and turn the nosepiece to the 10x objective lens.
• Check the temperature of the base directly, then put the microscope away.

The part of the microscope that gets hot and touches the table.

• Arm
• Stage
• Nosepiece
• Base

The entire circular area viewed when looking into the eyepiece of the microscope.

• Focus
• Objective
• Field of view
• Pointer

To "zoom in", or make an image appear bigger.

• Focus
• Adjustment knob
• Stage
• Magnify

The part of the microscope that the specimen slide rests on.

• Base
• Light source
• Stage
• Objective Lens

The parts of the microscope with varying magnification, each attached to the nosepiece.

• Field of view
• Coarse adjustment knob
• Ocular lens
• Objective lens