Intro to Microscopes

The part of a microscope that lets you control the amount of light passing through the slide is called __.

• diaphragm
• lens
• fine adjustment knob
• coarse adjustment knob

Supports the microscope and located at the bottom.

• Base
• Arm
• Body Tube
• Stage

Knob on the microscope used with the low power objective.

• Coarse adjustment knob
• Fine adjustment knob
• Focal adjusment knob
• Stage Adjustment knob

These hold the slide in place on a microscope.

• adjustment knobs
• stage clips
• eyepiece
• nosepiece

This is where the slide sits on the microscope.

• diaphragm
• base
• stage
• arm

The knob on the microscope used with the high power objective only.

• Coarse Adjustment Knob
• Fine Adjustment Knob

You look through this part of the microscope.

• diaphragm 
• nosepiece
• body tube
• eye piece

Holds objective lenses; Rotatates to change objectives

• Arm
• Base
• Nosepiece
• Diaphragm

Long tube; holds ocular lens and revolving nosepiece

• Base
• Arm
• Diaphragm
• Body Tube

Supports the microscope and located at the bottom

• Base
• Arm
• Body Tube
• Stage