Microscope comprehension TAPS

What is the total magnification of a microscope with two lenses when one lens has a magnification of 10x, and the other lens has a magnification of 30x?

• 15x
• 30x
• 40x
• 300x

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.

These are bacterial cells that have been stained. Which microscope would have been used to take this image?

• Light Microscope

• Dissecting Microscope

• Transmission Electron Microscope

• Scanning Electron Microscope

What type of microscope do we use in this science classroom?

• compound light microscope

• scanning electron microscope

• tunneling electron microscope

• magnifying glass

Moves stage up and down for focusing; locates the specimen

• Fine Focus Knob

• Large Focus Knob

• Course Focus Knob

• Small Focus Knob

What did Leeuwenhoek see for the first time when he scraped some plaque from his teeth and looked at it under his lens?

• Insects in rainwater

• Volvox

• Blood cells

• Bacteria

Who was the first person to make and use a lot of microscopes?

• Vermeer

• Rembrandt

• Anton Leeuwenhoek

• Robert Hooke

What did Leeuwenhoek observe in rainwater that he called 'insects'?

• Pieces of cork

• Snow crystals

• Microbes

• Insects

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.

____________________________________: magnifies the image by 10x. This is where you put your eyes.

• eye piece

• stage

• fine adjustment knob

• objective lens

• slide clip