Scientific Method
Focusing the Microscope
Parts of a Microscope
Variables
Cells
100
The first step in the scientific method
What is ask a question?
100
The diaphragm should be set on ____ when first starting to focus the microscope.
What is setting III?
100
The two parts of the microscope used to carry it
What is the base and the arm?
100
The variable changed in an experiment
What is the independent variable?
100
The "brain" of the cell
What is a nucleus?
200
The second step in the scientific method
What is research?
200
When lowering the nose piece you should always look
What is from the side?
200
The part on the microscope that magnifies the lens for viewing
What is the eyepiece/
200
The variable being measured in an experiment
What is the dependent variable?
200
The organelle where proteins are made in a cell
What are the ribosomes?
300
Writing a hypothesis is the ____ in the scientific method
What is the third step?
300
When focusing on low power use the
What is coarse adjustment?
300
The place where a slide is placed
What is the stage?
300
The egg in the egg lab would be _______ variable
What is a control variable?
300
The first person to describe cells
Who is Robert Hooke?
400
The step in the scientific method when you drop your egg or blow your bubble
What is the experiment step?
400
When focusing on high power never use
What is the coarse adjustment?
400
Moves up and down, and is used to change objectives
What is the nose piece?
400
Sally was curious if a tulip would grow taller under a blue or pink light. The independent variable would be
What is the color of the light?
400
A cell that does not have a nucleus
What is a prokaryotic cell?
500
The last step in the scientific method
What is sharing your conclusion?
500
The diaphragm setting bested used for a thick specimen is
What is setting one?
500
The part of the microscope with 5 settings that controls light
What is diaphragm?
500
The group you want to keep the same in an experiment
What is a control group?
500
The name of a cell capable of making its own food
What is an autotrophic cell?