Microscope Quiz Review

The prefix "micro" means ​ (a)   and the suffix "scope" means ​ (b)  

• small
• to look or observe
• big 
• to explain 

A simple microscope has 1 lens. An example would be a

• the classroom microscope

• magnifying glass

• telescope

• electron microscope

A compound microscope has _____ lenses.

Match the following

• Body tube

• 
• Revolving Nosepiece

• 
• Stage clips

• 
• Eyepiece

• 
• Objective lenses

• 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

Match the following

• Coarse Adjustment knob

• 
• Light source

• 
• Arm

• 
• Diaphragm

• 
• Fine Adjustment knob

• 

A microscope is always carried by the arm and the bottom of the microscope called the ______________.

The eyepiece has a magnification of 10x and the scanning objective lens has a power of 4x. The total magnification is ______________. Show all work including the formula.

Answer explanation

Total magnification = eyepiece x objective

= 10 x 4x

= 40x

The scanning power objective lens has a power of

• 10x

• 40x

• 100x

• 4x

The low power objective has a power of

• 4x

• 10x

• 40x

• 100x

The high power objective lens on our classroom microscopes has a power of

• 4x

• 10x

• 40

• 40x