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Science microscope quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How do you carry a microscope?

a)

Grab the arm of the microscope with your non dominant hand and the base with your other.

b)

Pick it up gently by the stage.

c)

Grab the arm of the microscope with your dominant hand and the base with your other.

d)

Throw it in the back of your pick up truck!!

2.

What is the difference between the two adjustments knobs.

a)

Fine and course. Fine- (slowly)fine tuned the focus of your specimen. Course- Quickly bring up the specimen to be in focus.

b)

Light and objective.Light-makes light brighter or dimmer.Objective-helps magnify.

c)

Your face

d)

These do not exist on the microscope,YiAn and Meagan just made it up.

3.

What are the different types of objective lenses?

a)

Focused, more focused, and less focused.

b)

Small, medium, and large.

c)

Petite, average, and giant.

d)

There is only one lens the extra super duper large magnifying lens.

4.

What is the revolving nosepiece?Y

a)

The smallest lens is called the revolving nosepiece.

b)

Part that holds objective lens and can be rotated to easily change power.

c)

Rotating piece for focusing and magnifying the specimen.

d)

Bottom of microscope,used for support

5.
a)

Diaphragm and arm

b)

Eye piece tube

c)

Eye piece [ocular]

d)

Eye piece tube and Eye piece (ocular)

6.

Where do you put your specimen and what holds it in place?

a)

Arm and adjustment center

b)

Revolving nosepiece and Diaphragm

c)

Stage and stage clips

d)

Stage and clips

7.
a)

Light

b)

Obscurer

c)

Shiny thing

d)

Sight stimulator

8.

When focusing a specimen you should always start with the _______ objective.

a)

Small

b)

Scanning

c)

Medium

d)

Large

9.

When using a high power objective, only the ______ knob should be used.

a)

Course

b)

Small

c)

Large

d)

Fine

10.

The objectives are attached to what part of the microscope? (it can be rotated to click lenses into place.)

a)

Revolving nosepiece

b)

Rotating nosepiece

c)

All of the above

d)

Objective turner