Science Review

A light microscope is also referred to as a/an?

• Electron microscope

• Compound microscope

• Scanning problem microscope

• X-ray

Which parts of the microscope should you hold when lifting or moving the microscope?

• Arm and base

• Eyepiece and body tube

• The base and stage

• Objectives

Which part of the microscope contains the shutter that regulates the amount of light entering the lens system?

• The condenser

• The eyepiece

• The stage

• Fine adjustment knob

The lens that is within the eyepiece of the light microscope is called the

• scanning

• low power

• high power

• ocular

To focus on a specimen, it is best to start with which objective?

• high power

• low power

• scanning

• ocular

When using the high power objective, you should not adjust the______.

• coarse adjustment knob

• fine adjustment knob

• diaphragm

• stage clips

On the image, which letter represents the objective?

• A

• B

• AB

• C

On the image, which letter represents the coarse adjustment knob?

• A

• B

• C

• D

On the image, which letter represents the stage?

• AB

• AC

• D

• E

On the image, which letter represents the diaphragm?

• AB

• AC

• D

• E