Microscopy

Use the _______ focuses the image under low power.

• revolving nosepiece

• fine adjustment knob

• coarse adjustment knob

• arm/neck

The __________ sharpens the image under high magnification.

• the diaphragm

• fine adjustment knob

• coarse adjustment knob

• the ocular

The ________ of the microscope would give you the SMALLEST field of view.

• low power objective

• medium power objective

• high power objective

• stage

Who was the person who used his microscope to observe a thin slice of cork, and concluded that the cork was made up of cells?

• Robert Hooke

• Bill Nye

• Matthias Schleiden

• Rudolf Virchow

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

When making a wet mount, why should the coverslip be placed at a 45-degree angle?

• The coverslip will prevent the slide from breaking

• The organisms will be more evenly distributed

• The possibility of breaking the coverslip is reduced

• The possibility of trapping air bubbles is reduced

Which of the following is NOT part of the proper procedure to putting the microscope away?

• return the objective lens to the lowest power objective

• keep the stage all the way up

• turn off and wrap the cord around the microscope

• remove specimen from the microscope

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

• Aperture

• Diaphragm

• Light Source

• Arm

A light microscope...

• is very old

• uses light and has one or more lenses that enlarge an image

• has weird buttons

• takes a long time to warm up

When you focus a microscope, which knob should you use first?

• Fine adjustment knob

• Coarse adjustment knob

• Light adjustment knob

• Stage adjustment knob

When using the high power lens on a microscope you use the ___ adjustment knob.

• coarse

• fine

• diaphragm

• ocular