Microscope Practice

Please label the parts of the microscope

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

i

j

a

fine adjustment

objective lens

diaphragm

rotating nosepiece

coarse adjustment

ocular eyepiece

base

stage

light source

arm

Please label the parts of the microscope

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

i

j

a

coarse adjustment

stage

rotating nosepiece

light source

fine adjustment

ocular eyepiece

base

stage clips

arm

diaphragm

Match the following

• stage clips

• controls the amount of light

• high power objective

• these hold the slide in place

• arm

• what you look through

• eyepiece

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

• diaphragm

• lens with the highest magnification, usually 40x

Match the following

• fine adjustment

• used to focus usually on high power

• base

• rotates to allow you to select a lens

• body tube

• the microscope sits on this for support

• revolving nosepiece

• connects the eyepiece and objective lens

• stage

• flat surface to hold the slide

Match the following

• light source

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

• coarse adjustment

• provides the light

• low power objective

• these hold the slide in place

• stage clips

• lens with the lowest magnification, usually 4x

• fine adjustment

• used to focus, usually on high power

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