Microscope Practice

Please label the parts of the microscope

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

i

j

a

objective lens

base

coarse adjustment

stage

fine adjustment

rotating nosepiece

diaphragm

arm

ocular eyepiece

light source

Please label the parts of the microscope

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

i

j

a

coarse adjustment

stage

arm

fine adjustment

diaphragm

rotating nosepiece

ocular eyepiece

base

stage clips

light source

Match the following

• diaphragm

• supports the body tube and is used to carry the scope

• high power objective

• what you look through

• eyepiece

• lens with the highest magnification, usually 40x

• arm

• controls the amount of light

• stage clips

• these hold the slide in place

Match the following

• body tube

• connects the eyepiece and objective lens

• stage

• flat surface to hold the slide

• base

• used to focus usually on high power

• revolving nosepiece

• rotates to allow you to select a lens

• fine adjustment

• the microscope sits on this for support

Match the following

• fine adjustment

• used to focus, usually on high power

• stage clips

• used to focus, moves the stage, and NEVER used on high power

• light source

• provides the light

• coarse adjustment

• lens with the lowest magnification, usually 4x

• low power objective

• these hold the slide in place

mark the ocular lens (eyepiece)

mark the coarse adjustment

mark the arm

the circle of light that you see when you look in a microscope

• slide

• magnification

• field of view

If you want to control the amount of light entering the field of view, you would move this part to make the hole smaller or larger.

• eyepiece

• nosepiece

• mirror/light

• diaphragm