PARTS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE MICROSCOPE

What is the light source of a microscope?

• Flashlight

• Light bulb

• Illuminator

• Sun

If you placed an "e" in the slide of a compound microscope, and moved the slide to the left, in what direction would the e appear to move?

• To the right

• Upward

• To the left

• Downward

What part of a microscope holds the objective lenses?

• Mouthpiece

• Eyepiece

• Nosepiece

• Earpiece

What part of a microscope allows you to adjust the amount of light that shines through?

• Adjustable lung

• Adjustable stomach

• Adjustable diaphragm

• Adjustable heart

What is the recommended part of the microscope to hold when transporting it?

• Eyepiece

• Slide

• Stage

• Arm

Which part of the microscope is used to sharpen the focus of the specimen?

• high-power objective lens

• coarse adjustment knob

• low-power objective lens

• fine adjustment knob

Which two parts are used to hold the microscope?

• arm and base

• eyepiece and nosepiece

• nosepiece and arm

• base and nosepiece

If you look through the microscope and it looks dark which one of these will NOT help?

• checking the diaphragm

• turning the coarse adjustment knob

• adjusting the mirror or light

• making sure the nosepiece is clicked into place

It is the horizontal platform where the glass slide with the material is placed.

• stage with stage clips

• body tubes with the objectives

• nose piece with the ocular

• condenser and the diaphragm

It is the expanded two-armed horse-shoe shaped region that supports the microscope.

• foot or base

• stage

• nose piece

• body tube