Microscopes

Front

How should you always carry the microscope?

Back

arm and base

Front

When looking at a specimen on your slide, you should always start with the following options: low objective lens, medium objective lens, high objective lens.

Back

low objective lens

Front

When looking through your microscope, you move your slide to the right. What happens to the image?

Back

It appears to move to the left.

Front

When looking through your microscope, you move your slide to the right. What happens to the image?

Back

It appears to move to the left.

Front

What focuses the image under low power?

Back

coarse adjustment knob

Front

A compound light microscope will use _______ or more lenses at the same time.

Back

2

Front

The__________ sharpens the image under high magnification.

Back

fine adjustment knob

Front

Magnifies the image (usually 10x) and you look into the scope here.

Back

Eyepiece/ Ocular

Front

Secures the slide in position for holding and viewing

Back

stage clips

Front

Moves body tube up and down (and stage) to allow gross focusing of microscope image

Back

coarse adjustment