Compound Microscope

What parts of a microscope do you carry it by?

• The base and the arm

• The base and the stage

• The stage and the arm

• The arm only

What is a compound microscope?

• A microscope wth 2 stages

• A microscope with a light

• A microscope with 2 lenses

• A microscope designed for seeing atoms

If you set your objective lens to 4x, what will the total magnification be?

• 4x

• 10x

• 40x

• 400x

When you are first looking at a new slide, what objective should you be using to focus it?

• 4x

• 10x

• 40x

What is a stage used for?

• lets light in

• where the slide is placed

• what holds the slide in place

• lets you see better

What does the nose piece on a microscope do?

• hold the adjustment knobs

• hold the light source

• hold the objective lens

• holds the glasses on your face

What do objective lenses do?

• magnify the specimen

• hold the nose piece

• support the body tube

• the part you look into

The arm...

• connects the front to the back

• connects the body to the base

• connected to the elbow

Which part do you look through

• Stage

• Eyepiece

• Revolving nosepiece

• Arm

• Low objective

reflects light upward through the diaphragm

• eye piece

• mirror

• fine adjusment knob

• base