Parts of a Microscope

Functions of Microscope Parts
Vocabulary
Microscope importance
100

What do you look in to see the specimen?

Ocular lens

100

Holds the objective lenses.

Revolving nosepiece

100

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

100

 Water, iodine, tape, or blue methylene can be used for this.

What is mounting a speciman?

200

What part of the microscope is the slide placed on?

Stage

200

What two Parts do you carry the microscope with?

Arm & base 

200

A movable circular structure that houses all objective lenses is called?

Rotating nose

200

How many hands should be used to carry a microscope?

 TWO!

300

What are the 3 structural parts of the microscope?

Body tube, arm, and base

300

Allows light to enter the diaphragm, specimen, and lenses.

Lamp

300

The lowermost part of the microscope that supports the entire microscope structure Is called?

Base

300

It’s an instrument that is used in science laboratories to make studying and viewing minute objects easier.

What is a Microscope?

400

What types of lens are stored in the revolving nose piece?

low, medium, high power objective lens

400

Used to "finetune" the focus.

Fine adjustment

400

The specimen is placed here before being placed on the stage..

What is a microscope slide?

400

What do you call the organism on the slide that is being examined?

The specimen

500

What holds the microscope slide in place?

Stage Clips

500

What is the function of a nosepiece in a microscope?

Part that holds objective lenses (can be two or many)

500

What is the light source? 

Lamp

500

40x, 100x, 400x

What is the total magnification at scanning, low, and high power?