The Light Microscope

The part of the microscope that you look through to view an object placed on the stage.

• Body Tube

• Coarse Adjustment Knob

• Fine Adjustment Knob

• Ocular Lens

The part of the microscope that is known as the scanning objective lens.

• #3

• #4

• #5

• #12

The part of the microscope that controls the amount of light that enters the stage

• Body Tube

• Diaphragm

• Light Source

• Ocular Lens

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The part of the microscope that moves the body tube up and down to bring the object into view. Used on low power only.

• Low Power Objective Lens

• Fine Adjustment Knob

• Coarse Adjustment Knob

• Stage Clips

The part of the microscope used to bring objects into clear, sharp, finer focus.  It moves the stage up very slightly.  *USE WHEN YOU ARE FOCUSING WITH MEDIUM AND HIGH POWER SO THAT YOU WILL NOT BREAK THE SLIDE.  

• Fine Adjustment Knob

• High Power Objective Lens

• Coarse Adjustment Knob

• Stage

You should always carry the microscope with one hand on the___ and the other hand on the ___.

• #1 and #14

• #10 and #14

• #10 and #11

• #12 and #14

The part of the microscope that holds the various objective lenses and can be rotated to change magnification.

• Body Tube

• Stage

• Stage Clips

• Revolving Nosepiece

The part of the microscope that supports the slide being viewed.

• Arm

• Base

• Stage

• Stage Clips

The ___ is directed through the stage opening and the object being viewed.

• Diagphragm

• Light

• Ocular Lens

• Stage Clip

The part of the microscope that allows light to pass upward and through to the eyepiece.

• Body Tube

• Diaphragm

• Light Source

• Revolving Nosepiece