Microscope Parts and Functions

Separates the eyepiece and the objective lense

• Body

• Nosepiece

rotates to allow various objective lenses to be clicked in place.

• Nosepiece

• eyepiece

• stage

• diaphragm

objective lenses – three different lenses allowing different degrees of_______________

• magnification

• illumination

• resolution

• focusing

stage clips – holds the _______ in place.

• slide

• lens

• mirror

• base

(disc) diaphragm – regulates the amount of _______that enters the microscope.

• light

• stage

• lens

• mirror

holds a lens; observers look through this part of the microscope.

• eyepiece

• stage

• diaphragm

• arm

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.

The arm...

• holds the body in place; used as a handle along with the base while the microscope is being moved

• supports the slide

• used for initial focusing

• used for minor, detail focusing

The stage supports the slide

• True
• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

What is used for initial focusing?