Microscope Key Terms
A scientific instrument used to view very small objects
Microscope
Label #1 on Label It! worksheet
Eyepiece
Can you see cells with just your eye??
No!
A type of microscope that uses light and one or more lenses to magnify objects
Light microscope
To make something appear larger
Magnify
Label #2
Ocular Lens
What do you need to use to see cells?
A piece of glass that is curved to bend light to make objects look bigger or smaller
Lens
Curved in
Hint: What curves in?
Concave
Label #3 and #4
3. Focus Knobs
4. Arm
Name 3 things that are made of cells
Hint: All livings things are made of cells
Dog, bacteria, flower
The lens closest to the eyepiece
Ocular lens
Curved out
Convex
Label #5 and #6
5. Objective Lens
6. Stage
True or False
Humans have about 1,000 cells
False
Humans have trillions of cells!
1 trillion=1,000,000,000,000
The objective lens is the lens closest to the _______________.
Hint: What word is in "objective"??
Object (or specimen)
Label #7 and #8
7. Light Source
8. Base
True or False
Cells are the building blocks of life.
True