Parts of a Microscope
What do you look in to see the specimen?
Ocular lens
Holds the objective lenses.
Revolving nosepiece
A cylindrical metallic tube that holds the eyepiece lens at one end and connects to the nose piece at the other is called?
Eye piece
Water, iodine, tape, or blue methylene can be used for this.
What is mounting a speciman?
What part of the microscope is the slide placed on?
Stage
What two Parts do you carry the microscope with?
Arm & base
A movable circular structure that houses all objective lenses is called?
Rotating nose
How many hands should be used to carry a microscope?
TWO!
What are the 3 structural parts of the microscope?
Body tube, arm, and base
Allows light to enter the diaphragm, specimen, and lenses.
Lamp
The lowermost part of the microscope that supports the entire microscope structure Is called?
Base
It’s an instrument that is used in science laboratories to make studying and viewing minute objects easier.
What is a Microscope?
What types of lens are stored in the revolving nose piece?
low, medium, high power objective lens
Used to "finetune" the focus.
Fine adjustment
The specimen is placed here before being placed on the stage..
What is a microscope slide?
What do you call the organism on the slide that is being examined?
The specimen
What holds the microscope slide in place?
Stage Clips
What is the function of a nosepiece in a microscope?
Part that holds objective lenses (can be two or many)
What is the light source?
Lamp
40x, 100x, 400x
What is the total magnification at scanning, low, and high power?