Microscope Parts and Functions

holds the slide in place on the stage.

• stage

• stage clip

• specimen

• slide

the process of enlarging the image of an object.

• magnification

• objective lens

• resolution

• nosepiece

What is essential for viewing in a light microscope?

• light

• heat

• focus

• darkness

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

What part of the microscope does specific focusing?

• objective lens

• fine adjustment knobs

• coarse adjustment knobs

• eyepiece

the lens you look through

• objective lens

• eyepiece

• nosepiece

• body

• arm

holds and rotates the objective lenses.

• nosepiece

• body

• arm

• eyepiece

adjusts light intensity on the specimen.

• diaphragm

• resolution

• objective

• light source

thin glass placed over the specimen on a slide.

• Stage clip

• slide

• cover slip/slide

• specimen

you use the base and the _______ to carry the microscope

• arm

• body

• eyepiece

• objective lens

microscopes are key to studying these building blocks of life/basic units of life.

• cells

• molecules

• atoms

• specimen

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-1