Microscope Review

A microscope is an instrument that.

• makes faraway objects look closer.
• makes small objects appear larger.
• decreases the size of small objects.
• increases the size of small objects.

What do you think is the most interesting section of Forensic Science

• Crime Scene

• DNA

• Toxicology

• Latent Prints

If your teacher asks you to move a microscope to table, how do you carry it?

• by the body tube and the eyepiece
• with one hand
• one hand on the arm and the other under the base
• with one hand on the base and the other on the eyepiece.

What part is 3?

• eye piece
• base
• arm 
• coarse adjust

What will be the total magnification if the ocular lens is 10X and the objective lens is 40X?

• 40X
• 10X
• 100X
• 400X

Which objective lens should you start on to locate an image?

• medium power

• low power

• high power

This part of the microscope supports the specimen slide.

• base

• arm

• stage

• diaphragm

Good observation skills come naturally to investigators. They do not need to be trained.

• True

• False

This part contains the lens you look through.

• nosepiece

• eyepiece

• low power objective lens

• high power objective lens

What is the type of microscope we use in the lab?

• transmission electron microscope

• phase contrast microscope

• compound light microscope

• fluorescence microscope