Microscope Quiz

These 2 parts of the microscope support the entire microscope.

• Arm; Illuminator

• Base; eyepiece

• Arm; Base

• Objective Lenses; Stage

In a compound light microscope, there is a steady light source. What is the part that emits light called?

• Objective Lenses

• Illuminator

• Ocular lense

• Stage

What is the part that rotates the objective lenses?

• Nose piece

• Coarse Adjustment Knob

• Fine Adjustment Knob

• Ocular Lense

What is the purpose of the stage?

• To mount the specimen

• To sharpen the image of the specimen

• To magnify the the image

• Holds the slide in place

Which objective lense is used to locate the specimen?

• High power objective lense

• Low power objective lense

What is the purpose of the diaphragm on the microscope?

• It is the light source

• It regulates the amount of light

• Supports the stage

• Used for first focusing

Which objective lense allows greater magnification?

• High power objective lense

• Low power objective lense

Which part allows you to change how much light enters the microscope?

• Diaphragm

• rotating nose piece

• body tube

Which lens is the first magnification step?  It always has a magnification of 10X?

• scanning objective
• eyepiece
• low-power objective
• high-power objective

Which lens is the second step in magnification and has a power of 40X to 43X?

• scanning objective
• low-power objective
• eyepiece
• high-power objective