Microscope Pre-lab Quiz

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

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

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

• Base
• Light source
• Stage
• Objective Lens

Which knob do you use when focusing the yellow or 10X objective lens?

(a)  

Which knob do you use with the scanning objective lens?

• Coarse adjustment knob

• Fine adjustment knob

• Push on the stage

Which item is NOT okay to wear to the lab?

• Jacket

• Vans Shoes

• pants

• dangling earrings

Imagine you are a scientist studying cells. Where would you find DNA in a Eukaryotic cell?

• in the nucleus

• in the plasma membrane

• in the vacuole

• in the nucleoid region

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

You are a scientist studying a cell under a microscope. You notice an organelle labeled F. Based on your knowledge, you identify this organelle as...

• Golgi complex

• mitochondria

• vacuole

• Rough ER

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

Always wrap the (a)   around the base when you move a microscope.