Microscope Practice

Please label the parts of the microscope

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

i

j

a

base

ocular eyepiece

coarse adjustment

arm

objective lens

diaphragm

rotating nosepiece

stage

fine adjustment

light source

Please label the parts of the microscope

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

i

j

a

ocular eyepiece

light source

arm

base

stage

stage clips

rotating nosepiece

diaphragm

fine adjustment

coarse adjustment

Match the following

• arm

• what you look through

• diaphragm

• these hold the slide in place

• stage clips

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

• eyepiece

• controls the amount of light

• high power objective

• lens with the highest magnification, usually 40x

Match the following

• revolving nosepiece

• the microscope sits on this for support

• fine adjustment

• rotates to allow you to select a lens

• base

• flat surface to hold the slide

• stage

• used to focus usually on high power

• body tube

• connects the eyepiece and objective lens

Match the following

• fine adjustment

• used to focus, usually on high power

• coarse adjustment

• these hold the slide in place

• light source

• provides the light

• low power objective

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

• stage clips

• lens with the lowest magnification, usually 4x

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