Parts
The part of the microscope you look through.
What is the (ocular lens) eyepiece?
The reason a compound microscope has an ocular lens.
What is to help magnify the image?
The two types of slide preparations.
What is a wet and dry mount slide?
The way that you clean objective lenses.
What is with special lens paper?
A plant that can be easily viewed but will not contain chlorophyll in the cells.
What are onions?
The part of the microscope where you place the slide.
What is the stage?
The part that regulates the amount of light that passes through the stage.
What is the diaphragm?
Used to drop water onto a wet slide?
What is an eyedropper?
Used to prevent dust from collecting on the microscope.
What is a dust cover?
The reason that a specimen must be thin.
What is so that light can pass through it?
The first lens that should be used to locate the specimen.
What is the 4x (scanning lens)?
It provides support for the microscope.
What is the base and arm of the microscope?
This happens if too much water is added to the slide?
What is the specimen can float off the slide?
To prevent eye strain while observing specimens.
What is close one of your eyes when looking through the microscope lens?
The type of slide that can be used to view hair, pollen and the letter "e" on paper.
What is a dry mount slide?
The adjustment that should always be used first when focusing on an image.
What is the coarse adjustment?
The purpose of the stage clip?
What is holds the slide in place on the stage?
Used to prevent air bubbles from being trapped under the cover slip.
Why it is important to angle the coverslip and slowly lower it onto the slide?
The proper way to handle a slide to prevent smudges or fingerprinting.
What is always hold the edges of the slide when handling the glass.
The type of slides that must be used to view living specimens.
What are wet mount slides?
This part provides its own light source for the microscope.
What is the lamp?
It rotates and holds the different objective lenses.
What is the revolving nosepiece?
What you use to soak up the water in a slide if there is too much added.
What is use the corner of a paper towel to absorb a little water back?
The reason why it important to handle slides with great care?
What is they are made of glass and can break if mishandled?
The type of human animal cell that can easily be viewed under a microscope.
What is an epithelial/epidermal (cheek) cell?