Microscope Use and Safety

If your teacher asks you to move a microscope to the 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.

When using the 40x (high power) objective

• make sure you have help and supervision of your teacher

• use caution when focusing so that you don't damage the slide or objective

• only use slides with coverslips

• answers a & b

When you focus on a new specimen, always begin with

• low power and coarse adjustment.

• low power and fine adjustment

• high power and coarse adjustment

• high power and fine adjustment

The microscopes we used in class had three ________________ which allows different amounts of magnification.

• detail

• magnification

• objectives

• body

The microscopes we use in class have three ________________ which allow for different powers of magnification.

• details

• objective lenses

• body tubes

The ___________________________ are used to hold the slide on the stage.

• field

• mirror

• stage

• stage clips

What are used to hold the microscope slide on the stage?

• nosepiece

• arm

• base

• stage clips

When carrying your microscope,

• make sure the cord is wrapped around the base

• gather the cord up in one hand

• drag the cord on the floor

• knot the cord to make it shorter

When working with slides and cover slips,

• Use caution because they are glass

• Only focus using the 4x objective

• Don't use the light on the microscope

• All of the above

Which part lets you turn up the power of magnification, such increasing from 40x to 100x?

• coarse adjustment knob

• diaphragm

• field-of-view

• revolving nosepiece