Microscope Quiz

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.

If you move the slide left while viewing, in which direction will it appear to move?

• right 
• left
• up 
• down

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.

Which part of the microscope controls the amount of light available?

• coarse focus

• diaphragm
• objective lens
• revolving nosepiece

Which part lets you turn up the power of magnification, such increasing from 40x to 100x?

• coarse adjustment knob
• diaphragm
• field-of-view
• revolving nosepiece

What is part 1?

• eye piece/ocular lens

• body tube
• arm
• coarse adjust

What part is 3?

• eye piece
• base
• arm 
• coarse focus

What part is 5?

• coarse focus

• fine focus

• diaphragm
• stage

What is part 11?

• coarse focus

• fine adjustment
• diaphragm
  
• stage

The greater the ___________________, the smaller the field you are actually viewing.

• detail

• objective

• magnification

• body